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Irish_Dem

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3. This is quite naive.
Sat Jun 22, 2024, 01:26 PM
Jun 2024

I am most certainly not confused about people dying during war time.

1. The West Bank is inhabited by 3 million Palestinians and is a Palestine territory.
2. HAMAS is a Palestinian militant group.
3. HAMAS attacked Israel.
4. Israel is at war against HAMAS and by extension, Palestinians.

Whether we like it not, the safety of civilians in the entire area is not guaranteed.
And especially when Israelis wander into Palestinian territory.

People who enter the area and think they are safe are very foolish.

To further prove my point:

WWII:
75 million people died.
25 million military deaths.
50 million civilian deaths.

Viet Nam:
Military deaths were under a million.
2 million civilian deaths, including Cambodia and Laos, even the
war was supposed to just be in Viet Nam.

Do you see the trend? Civilian casualties are always double the military casualties.
And geographical lines are meaningless.

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