Comment by cwillu

4 days ago

Nah, there's nothing vague around their funding and training of various militaries and militias in the area. There's more than enough war crimes on both sides to go around, and any concept of justice that is predicated on prosecuting one side exclusively is simply bankrupt. If Israeli civilians are fair game because of Israel's war crimes, then American civilians are fair game for the same reason. And I reject any theory of justice that bites that particular bullet.

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pphysch  4 days ago

No one denies that Iran has strategic partnerships in the region. The question comes down to whether you believe armed resistance is ever legitimate or you blanket-dismiss it as "terrorism", in order to justify the territorial encroachment, ethnic cleansing, or mass murder that is brazenly perpetrated by Israel.

  • gljiva  4 days ago

    Armed resistance is legitimate as long as harm to civilians is carefully avoided.

    Let's not downplay it as "strategic partnerships" and "armed resistance". It is terrorism. Both sides perpetrate it.

    • cwillu  4 days ago

      Alas, both sides are very much engaged in their own brands of terrorism, and both sides' propogandists will attempt to crucify you if you call what they do terrorism.