Calling them the Waffen-IDF would imply that they are indeed fighting a war and not just kicking down and committing genocide. Allgemeine-IDF fits better.
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Depends how you define terrorism, I guess. Bombing a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires would be terrorist to most, but I suppose a die-hard Jew hater would consider all Jewish people as complicit in Israel's occupation of Southern Lebanon.
To whatever extent that terrorism and war are separate, it’s only a way for those in power to tell uninformed people which violence to support or who to hate. “We’re going to war to bring freedom” vs “Those terrorists are attacking the [colonial] government!”
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FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 2y
That doesn't really make sense. This is a silly 'enemy of my enemy is my friend' thing and it has a very good chance of blowing back in their faces.
SuperSecretThrowaway@lemmynsfw.com · 6 pts · 2y
To be fair the US is usually the one making questionable alliances with nongovernment actors in the region.
US once these governments lose any perceived control: "first time?"
sunzu@kbin.run · 9 pts · 2y
How is waffen-IDF not on the list?
maynarkh@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 2y
Calling them the Waffen-IDF would imply that they are indeed fighting a war and not just kicking down and committing genocide. Allgemeine-IDF fits better.
blahsay@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Given they tacitly support them this is not shocking.
gedaliyah@lemmy.world · -5 pts · 2y
Anadolu Agency – Bias and Credibility
Overall, we rate Anadolu Agency Right Biased editorially and Mixed factually due to poor sourcing. Further, this is an agency controlled by the right-wing ruling party and has a very strong pro-government state bias.
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Linkerbaan@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
Nobody cares about the credibility rating this isn't a speculation article. It's 100% factual.
Mrkawfee@lemmy.world · -17 pts · 2y
Good. They're only terrorists to the genocidal Zionist regime and their Western funders.
AmidFuror@fedia.io · 2 pts · 2y
Depends how you define terrorism, I guess. Bombing a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires would be terrorist to most, but I suppose a die-hard Jew hater would consider all Jewish people as complicit in Israel's occupation of Southern Lebanon.
Mrkawfee@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y
Massacring 20,000 children in Gaza is terrorism, for example.
AmidFuror@fedia.io · 3 pts · 2y
So do you stand by Hezbollah are not terrorists? Is it for the reason I gave or some other one?
JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee · -2 pts · 2y
There's a difference between terrorism and war, even if it's equally despicable. For example, the Nazis were too big to be called terrorists.
dubyakay@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 2y
Whom does the IDF wage war against? Their own population. That's terrorism.
bamboo@lemm.ee · -1 pts · 2y
To whatever extent that terrorism and war are separate, it’s only a way for those in power to tell uninformed people which violence to support or who to hate. “We’re going to war to bring freedom” vs “Those terrorists are attacking the [colonial] government!”