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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Thanks, that term describes it aptly. Yes, I know that area has a long long history but these events are on the next order of magnitude in recent history there.

It just kind of shocked me, from all the apologizing and reparations we pay for our past mistakes to our natives/places we settled (think Canada, US, Australia, Japan, UK, on and on), I had the naïve idea that most developed Western countries got over doing and supporting this kind of behaviour. Clearly not.

I'd hoped we come in, of course condemning what Hamas did on Oct. 7th, but put clear boundaries on what Israel as a military and their paramilitary organizations can do in retaliation, and what they cannot. When those are crossed, step in and say firmly "we don't do that here". Turns out we (from the North American perspective) give them carte blanche, because they're the US's middle east sweetheart.