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@TheThomasWictor: As the Israeli Operation Swords of Iron against terrorists in Gaza begins, we're seeing the same propaganda put out during Operation Protective Edge (July 8, 2014 – August 26, 2014). Here are some ...…
They released him from the nut house?
I didn't know he was a member of Congress.
Duanne Cates retweeted the new Wictor account. Reading the thread it certainly sounds like Wictor.
It says at the end that this'll be his only post on X.
Why is this dude shilling for Israel? I expected a legit breakdown on some brilliant shit for both sides. This read like an CNN article. lol.
Usually Wictor is fairly objective. But this is one of those issues where if you fall into either camp then it doesn’t seem possible to hold any objectivity.
It’s a funny time we live in. Just casually add a bullet point that “only” 25% of the dead reported were under 18. It’s amazing how people can become purposefully blind to certain atrocities.
I saw that too.
His point was that it was a significantly lower percentage than the Gaza demographics, showing Israel had not indiscriminately targeted civilians. Furthermore, he also made the point that many of those under 18 were nevertheless combatants.
EDIT: This is to be expected if Israel wishes to minimize global political opposition to their operation. Such opposition is expected, and so they won't want it to be any greater than it already will be.
Let's assume that the Hamas attack was directed, or at least allowed, by the Israeli government, for the purpose of creating atrocity propaganda, in order to give them license to clear out the Gaza strip and crush Hamas and other terror activity there.
Given that, it still makes sense to me that Wictor's points are correct. (Regardless of any bias towards Israel he might have). Wictor is well-respected and does good work.
Consider that even if they are behind all this, Israel still has an incentive to use guided missiles, to target militants, and to minimize civilian casualties, which minimizes global political opposition to their operation. And even if Israel directed (or allowed) the Hamas attack, it doesn't change the facts that Islamists are barbaric, that they inculcate a culture of death from a young age, that they have likely destroyed some of their own buildings and killed a number of their own via mortars that fell short, that Hamas and Islamic Jihad have carried out a number of political murders, and other points that Wictor made.
Did you read the article? He’s riding Israel’s dick.
what a strange dude.