cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17887604
“Children have been shot in other conflicts I have covered. But never before have I watched as soldiers enticed children like mice into a trap and murdered them for sport.”
- Christopher Hedges American journalist on assignment in Gaza
There is nuance. No one is saying you can’t be sad for Ukranian children, we all are too and what’s happening there is horrendous as well.
The difference is that the IDF is specifcally going after kids. Not “whoops, collateral damage war is hell haha” but “hey, wanna kill some kids today?”
It’s like the difference between a murderer and murder-rapist. Both are awful, but one is objectively more twisted and fucked in the head than the other.