The law ( the Leahy Law) requires that the US vet any foreign military receiving US arms. However, that doesn’t happen with Israel

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    510 months ago

    I did too, but what we do have proof of, in the form of hours and hours of grisly trauma-inducing footage, is quite bad enough. While we can rightly condemn its overuse, there is no universe in which the Israelis can be blamed for reacting with force.

      • Sybil
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        -110 months ago

        Video testimony of an eyewitness

        Police have privately shown journalists a single horrific testimony

        this isn’t proof

        • @sailingbythelee
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          210 months ago

          Fog of war. All information about the war is provisional at this point. The full truth will come out eventually. In the meantime, I can at least believe that the BBC saw what they say they saw. If the footage itself was faked, we will find out at some point.

          • Sybil
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            -110 months ago

            BBC saw what they say they saw

            the bbc saw someone claiming to see something. it’s hearsay.

            • @sailingbythelee
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              210 months ago

              Yes, that’s true, did you read my comment?

              Also, I hate to break it to you, but the vast majority of news is hearsay. Only relatively few things are ever subjected to the level of scrutiny required by western courts of law.

              • Sybil
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                -110 months ago

                you’ll forgive me if i don’t believe state-produced media parroting state-produced videos. “fog of war” and all.

                • @sailingbythelee
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                  110 months ago

                  Fair enough, we all have to make our own judgments about sources.

    • Sybil
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      110 months ago

      so why spread lies?