This post exposes nothing new. I'm just reminding you of what you already know: All is fair in love and war.
We are told about the rules of engagement, about war crimes, about crimes against humanity, about genocide, about terrorism. We are led to believe there are legal ways to prosecute a war and illegal ones, and that the whole world needs to work together to shut down the illegal ones.
But every war actor turns to war crimes and terrorism when they feel the stakes are high enough. Even the great powers: The Armenian genocide of 1915, the Holodomor in Ukraine of 1932-33, Germany genociding the Jews and others, the USA dropping nukes on Japan, Churchill carpet bombing Dresden, Israel genociding Palestinians, the RSF in Sudan. The UN doesn't stop any of it. Can't.
What makes my brain twitch is when a Zionist accuses Hamas of being terrorists, as if this is such a conclusive reason to take their side. It's laughably a non-point. Why would anybody expect a genocided people to not cross the line into war crimes to prevent their own extinction, especially when their oppressor is far more powerful and are themselves committing acts of terror? And the idea that the Jews are being genocided by Arabs is equally laughable and not in evidence. They have quite vivid imaginations, and are either delusional to be believing what they imagine, or strategically pretending to be deluded by their imaginings (far more likely). I can simultaneously denounce capturing civilians as hostages and firing unguided rockets into civilian areas, while at the same time seeing Israel as being far more guilty of war crimes. And I do.
I do not think the current conflicts will be resolved well. I think mostly innocent people will be tortured and slaughtered for a long time to come. People in power don't care about other humans. That is how they got into power... stepping where others wouldn't dare to step... on the heads of the innocent.
