Irrelevant. British colonialism is evil and only the British are accountable for that.
If India fucks up today, and they routinely do fuck up, I will blame the Indian govt. And I do.
The British were actually the folks responsible for taking India out of the Medieval period into the Twentieth Century. But that's a different conversation.
No. I am fixated at and apalled by the lack of empathy for the PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS and the racism and the dehumanization of the Palestinians when people talk about them. That is yes, racist, colonial and oppressive. How Israel treats them and what they subject them to, is also racist and colonial. And I am calling a spade a spade.
They're in a war zone and they're going to get shot at if they don't get OUT of the war zone fast. That's not "lack of empathy". That's common sense. Any civilians who have ever been in a war zone, get shot at and get their shit blown up. This time's no different.
Yes Hamas conducted a terror attack on October 7. NO, it was NOT unprovoked. They were retaliatory in nature, and hence the name "Operation Al Aqsa Flood". However, such retaliatory attacks against CIVILIANS are not acceptable and that is why it is a terror attack.
Had they attacked the IDF, I wouldn't have had a problem with it.
Remember that Israel is in a constant state of war with the Hamas and the PA.
None of that excuses attacks on civilians, either on 7 Oct or the endless rocket attacks. Israel has a right of self defence. And this right necessarily involves invading Gaza and killing HAMAS fighters in their home turf.
If you are disgusted by what Hamas did, you should be disgusted by what Israel is doing to the Palestinians which is 10 times worse.
Last time I checked, Israel wasn't boiling babies alive in front of their mother. So yeah, I'm disgusted to my stomach by HAMAS and they deserve everything ISrael is giving them.
So stop tagging along with the "popular kid in school" who also happens to be a bully and a racist asshole (in this case Israel) and develop your own opinions by considering both sides, the history and the information available from the UN and other human rights organizations. There is a reason why the majority of countries do not support Israel even if they may not be able to do anything about it. They are not all fools. They see the forest for the trees. You don't.
I see one great big fucking tree and that's the attacks by HAMAS on Israel in October. Israel has the right to stop those and that means going into Gaza and hunting and killing HAMAS.
Is there shit that Israel's done to Palestinians on other occasions?..... Sure. But that ain't what we're dealing with right now.
You know, there's a reason why you're alone in this thread with only 2 or 3 buddies. And the reason is not because you're right and everyone else is dumb. Wake up and realize that fact.