• @[email protected]
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    -581 year ago

    Nation states commit acts of war not acts of terror. If you think about it any act you would call terrorism would also be causus belli.

    • @[email protected]
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      571 year ago

      Any violence knowingly committed against civilians by a nation state should be considered an act of terrorism.

      • @[email protected]
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        -181 year ago

        That is also an act of war. National militaries don’t commit acts of terrorism. They commit crimes against humanity, war crimes, or the justification of war aka causus belli.

        • stevedidWHAT
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          181 year ago

          You missed the key word there which was should be.

          Attacking a hospital is outright terrorism imo and has no place in war. Attack a supply depot or some other strategic point but a fucking hospital? A place dedicated to treating any human being regardless of politics, status, etc. blown up.

          Dogs. The lot of them. May the toll of the war bell ring loudest and the longest among them and each of their supporters.

          • @[email protected]
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            -21 year ago

            No I didn’t miss it. These words mean things already. Terrorism is something non-state entities engage in. When nations do it they are called acts of war.

            If a bunch of American burn down a bar in Canada that would be terrorism. If the US army did the same thing it would be a legal justification for Canada to declare war. That’s because militaries are acting on behalf of the country while random citizens are not.

            There’s no reason for this to change unless you hold to the idea that somehow terrorism is worse than acts of war or war crimes which is pretty childish and ignorant.

            • stevedidWHAT
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              41 year ago

              Okay so you’re arguing pedantics. Let’s do it.

              Can you find any official global sources that define terrorism vs an act of war?

              I couldn’t but I only checked for a short while.

              • @[email protected]
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                -31 year ago

                What does arguing pedantics mean? Note pedantics isn’t a word.

                Yes the UN codes regarding war crimes.

                • stevedidWHAT
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                  21 year ago

                  Arguing pedantics = conversational way of saying that you are being pedantic.

                  Define terrorism not war crimes, obviously. Nobody was arguing for the definition of war crimes, and just because something isn’t a formal war crime, doesn’t mean it’s not something else (which would possibly include but not limit to only terrorism)

                • NoIWontPickaName
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                  11 year ago

                  You know what they meant.

                  You are still being pedantic arguing about semantics.

                  If you have to obscure your animus behind a veil of linguistics then you don’t actually have one.

                  Is that a big enough vocab for you

            • NoIWontPickaName
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              21 year ago

              It is still an example of terrorism, it is also a good Cassus Belli.

              The two are not mutually exclusive.

                • NoIWontPickaName
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                  11 year ago

                  A terrorist is someone who uses terror to enact change.

                  By all rights we were terrorists when we went into iraq and Afghanistan.

                  We went in and used fear and terror of us reaction to change things

      • @Guydht
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        21 year ago

        Don’t recognize it? There are 9 million people living in it, and worldwide recognition. Also the 48 decision was UN backed, meaning the nations of the world think otherwise. Jeez, you can not like someone while still admitting their existence.

          • @Guydht
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            -21 year ago

            Firstly, where did I mention jews? Israel have non-jews in it. But it’s a valid point, Israel is a jewish point - a home for the jews after the Holocaust - which 100% needed to happen since they’re persecuted all over the world. Even if you have no problem with jews, muslim states and nazis do.

            Secondly, you shift all the blame of the situation on Israel, while they do have lots to blame for, so does the Palestinian leadership. They’re the ones teaching hate speech in schools, promoting violence against civilians, and not looking for a peaceful resolution benefitting their people.

            Thirdly, yes Israel likes being jewish and is working hard to keep being jewish, but that’s their whole shtick. Does anybody blame Jordan or Egypt for being muslim by law? I certainly don’t hear them as much as Israeli protestors. Which again further solidifies the need for a jewish state - there isn’t a safe place for jews in this world but that state. Wanting to take that away is just wrong.

            Also, I’d like you to keep in mind a simple point. How would arabs live under Israeli law (you can see examples in Israel right now - they have human rights) vs. how would jews live under Palestinian law (hint: they won’t). Yes, it’s wrong keeping gaza and the west bank under military power, but tbh what else can Israel do when suicide bombers arrive every day (and get praised heavily for it). The only solution is 2 states. Now after what Hamas did, I super doubt it is an option, and probably a total occupation of the land is eminent. Extremism brings extremism, and what Hamas did will make everything worse. That attack worsened the status quo, in the worst possible direction.

      • @[email protected]
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        There was no existing nation. Pre-47, it was British territory and before that, it was seized from the Ottoman Empire after WW1.

        Simplistic statements about historical claims to territory will never work here. Nor will “keeping score” about whose team is getting revenge for what previous massacre and who’s killed the most children (what a fucking thing to have to spell out. holy shit.).