jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 7 months agoSen. Lindsey Graham Suggests Nuking Gaza, Calls Hiroshima ‘the Right Decision’www.thedailybeast.comexternal-linkmessage-square141fedilinkarrow-up1571
arrow-up1571external-linkSen. Lindsey Graham Suggests Nuking Gaza, Calls Hiroshima ‘the Right Decision’www.thedailybeast.comjeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square141fedilink
minus-squaremhague@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·7 months agoJapan was completely blockaded, which is such a profound thing in war that it’s really all you need to defeat “nuking was necessary” arguments. And they were completely resource starved, another profoundly important detail of a war machine. And the fanaticism + “they will die to the last man, woman, and child” is grossly misrepresented in the context of nukes. But these details aren’t relevant to how Palestinians and the situation in Gaza is portrayed. No siree.
Japan was completely blockaded, which is such a profound thing in war that it’s really all you need to defeat “nuking was necessary” arguments.
And they were completely resource starved, another profoundly important detail of a war machine.
And the fanaticism + “they will die to the last man, woman, and child” is grossly misrepresented in the context of nukes.
But these details aren’t relevant to how Palestinians and the situation in Gaza is portrayed. No siree.