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Biden Says Civilians Being Killed on Both Sides in Gaza. The Ratio Is 45 to 1. (truthout.org)

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[-] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 62 points 2 months ago

Here's the thing - Hamas isn't actively killing Israeli civilians anymore. You can argue that if we don't fully wipe Hamas they will in the future, but right now, almost exclusively Gaza civilians are being killed. That ratio isn't 45:1 today, it's closer to 4500:1.

[-] taiyang@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

I imagine most are dead or hiding, so yeah. I'm not really sure who they think they're killing if not civilians.

[-] waddle_dee@lemmy.world 54 points 2 months ago

I mean, technically correct. Just one side has SIGNIFICANTLY MORE casualties

[-] Limonene@lemmy.world 32 points 2 months ago

The civilian:soldier death ratio is unacceptable for both sides.

But Biden is giving weapons to one side.

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 22 points 2 months ago

"Very good people on both sides."

[-] distantsounds@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago

What an asshole

[-] WraithGear@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

Even fucking now. Jfc, thank goodness his age caught up to him. And i hope Harris has some sense

[-] ClassStruggle@lemmy.ml -3 points 2 months ago

Shes gonna be more hawkish than Biden has been

[-] Beaver@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 months ago

Stop aiding Israel

[-] hate2bme@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

How does Bernie, a Jewish man, see what Israel is doing but our dumbass president can't? Oh yeah, money.

[-] ClassStruggle@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 months ago

$11m in AIPAC money buys a lot of blinders.

[-] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Technically both: gottem

[-] mwguy@infosec.pub 1 points 2 months ago

Is it really surprising that a government that started a war while spending zero dollars on air superiority, zero dollars on artillery, zero dollars on defensive fortifications, zero dollars on civilian bomb shelters, zero dollars on radar and enemy detection and zero dollars on a military college for its officers is losing the war it started with a 45:1 casualty ratio?

If Israel were truly trying to maximize harm in Gaza it could easily be 4500:1.

This is special Olympics vs. Olympics here.

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