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Its wild that they have lost all the guile and subtlety that used to let them get away with pretending that this shit isn't what it is. When did "The Israel Palestine issue is complex and there are clear arguments and atrocities on both sides that require a nuanced approach to solutions" turn into "You cannot be against murdering babies because those dirty Muslim babies don't count, your an antisemite."

Like yeah, we always kind of knew that those were the same thing, but now they aren't even pretending.

Because the vast majority of Western nations (including the US) consider it to be a war crime to deliberately make a military strike against survivors of an attack that pose no active threat.

Even that assumes that the original strike has military merit in the first place, which isn't really the case when they are blowing up unarmed boats that might or might not be carrying drugs.

Ordering that operations be conducted on the basis that there be "no survivors" is also specifically cited as an example of a war crime by the same manual: "Moreover, it is also prohibited to conduct hostilities on the basis that there shall be no survivors, or to threaten the adversary with the denial of quarter."

Page 211 https://media.defense.gov/2023/Jul/31/2003271432/-1/-1/0/DOD-LAW-OF-WAR-MANUAL-JUNE-2015-UPDATED-JULY%202023.PDF

Sure, but if I built a 14 inch demo saw with no guard and got the government to give me permission to give it to kindergartners and then got everyone's boss to REQUIRE theie workers to use it for everything from slicing sandwiches to open heart surgery, I think you might agree that it's a problem.

Oh yeah, also it takes like 20% of the worlds energy to run these saws, and I got the biggest manufacturer of knives and regular saws to just stop selling everything but my 14 inch demolition saw.