God, Will Selber is so full of shit on Israel. The invasion of Rafah and massive slaughter of innocent civilians MUST happen? Only if you only care about protecting Israeli lives. There are better ways to degrade Hamas militarily than just flattening a city and killing tens of thousands of civilians inside it.
God, Will Selber is so full of shit on Israel. The invasion of Rafah and massive slaughter of innocent civilians MUST happen? Only if you only care about protecting Israeli lives. There are better ways to degrade Hamas militarily than just flattening a city and killing tens of thousands of civilians inside it.
You know what is most disturbing? Look up his background, he's a 20 year military intelligence veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Yet for Selber, the Biden administration's legally required demand that Israel not use the weapons it is being provided for free by the U.S. to commit war crimes. Full stop. That's it. But Selber declares that these legally required measures are "increasingly stringent parameters".
I sure as hell hope that Selber knows better and is being disingenuous. On the other hand, it's also equally likely that he truly doesn't know the contents of the Geneva Conventions, given the illegal conduct that was encouraged by the American intelligence community in both theatres of war.
The Bulwark is actually MUCH MUCH closer to the likes of Fox "News" when it comes to the commentary and reporting on the conflict in Gaza. In fact, the Bulwark is probably more radically right-wing because at least the likes of Fox News don't want funding to Israel to be a spigot that can never be closed.
I just don't understand why it's so difficult to empathize with the fate of civilians in Gaza that have been killed in grossly disproportionate IDF attacks. The only conclusion I can draw from the lack of empathy is that, as with senior Israeli cabinet members, they don't regard Gazans as full sentient human beings worth of compassion.
A great example that is illustrative of the IDF's approach to Palestinian human life is the IDF rescue of the two Israeli-Argentine hostages on February 12, 2024 (incidentally the only hostages rescued by the IDF, by count the IDF has in contrast directly killed at least 12 Israeli hostages).
Not only did two Israeli soldiers die in the process (thus negating the net gain in even Israeli human lives), the IDF carpet bombed the area prior to the attack killing at least 100 Palestinians. You think anyone in the international community or Israel, much less the Israeli government gave a damn about those GROSSLY disproportionate civilian deaths (unless you actually think that 2 Israeli hostages were guarded by 100 Hamas militants)? Nope.
God, Will Selber is so full of shit on Israel. The invasion of Rafah and massive slaughter of innocent civilians MUST happen? Only if you only care about protecting Israeli lives. There are better ways to degrade Hamas militarily than just flattening a city and killing tens of thousands of civilians inside it.
100% agree.
You know what is most disturbing? Look up his background, he's a 20 year military intelligence veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Yet for Selber, the Biden administration's legally required demand that Israel not use the weapons it is being provided for free by the U.S. to commit war crimes. Full stop. That's it. But Selber declares that these legally required measures are "increasingly stringent parameters".
I sure as hell hope that Selber knows better and is being disingenuous. On the other hand, it's also equally likely that he truly doesn't know the contents of the Geneva Conventions, given the illegal conduct that was encouraged by the American intelligence community in both theatres of war.
The Bulwark is actually MUCH MUCH closer to the likes of Fox "News" when it comes to the commentary and reporting on the conflict in Gaza. In fact, the Bulwark is probably more radically right-wing because at least the likes of Fox News don't want funding to Israel to be a spigot that can never be closed.
I just don't understand why it's so difficult to empathize with the fate of civilians in Gaza that have been killed in grossly disproportionate IDF attacks. The only conclusion I can draw from the lack of empathy is that, as with senior Israeli cabinet members, they don't regard Gazans as full sentient human beings worth of compassion.
A great example that is illustrative of the IDF's approach to Palestinian human life is the IDF rescue of the two Israeli-Argentine hostages on February 12, 2024 (incidentally the only hostages rescued by the IDF, by count the IDF has in contrast directly killed at least 12 Israeli hostages).
Not only did two Israeli soldiers die in the process (thus negating the net gain in even Israeli human lives), the IDF carpet bombed the area prior to the attack killing at least 100 Palestinians. You think anyone in the international community or Israel, much less the Israeli government gave a damn about those GROSSLY disproportionate civilian deaths (unless you actually think that 2 Israeli hostages were guarded by 100 Hamas militants)? Nope.