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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago

The person who first said "Germany has the right to defend themselves" was making a fairly nuanced point. That is, you can be the aggressor and still of course retain the right to defend yourself. Claiming "X has the right to defend itself!" is a deflective statement meant to justify disproportionate violence as we've seen in Gaza and now the West Bank.