Imagine what would have happened if Soviet-made MiGs were used against Americans in Korea and Vietnam.

There are many Gazans who, unlike you, are also concerned about food.

So even according to your quotes, food is reaching Gazans.

And even before the pier was built, the US said it could not supply Gaza by itself. The US is trying to ameliorate the problem, not solve it single-handedly. That’s why it’s important that Egypt agreed to open their crossing.

I read the article. Did you?

The U.S. Agency for International Development told The Associated Press that a total of 41 trucks loaded with aid from the more than $320 million pier have reached humanitarian organizations in Gaza.

First aid from US pier in Gaza has reached starving Palestinians, the UN says.

I don’t follow.

Hamas is the government of Gaza even though Gazans are suffering thanks to Israel. Just as Hirohito was the leader of the Japanese even though they were suffering thanks to America.

In both cases, a government failed to protect its people.

Hamas is the government of Gaza

They are at war with Palestine just as Americans were at war with Germany and Japan. Many civilians were killed and displaced there, too.

Those are the two sides that are currently at war. They are both religiously motivated right-wing regimes, and I support neither one.

I’m also not fighting for Palestinian “emancipation”, for the same reason I’m not fighting to “emancipate” Istanbul from Turks or New York from Americans.

I agree, and I found it interesting that Israeli leaders were not charged with genocide or anything to do with their bombing campaign. Instead, it was the specific war crime of causing starvation due to their interference with humanitarian aid and food delivery.

Interesting that you keep saying ‘civilian death’ and not ‘child.’ Seems like we’re talking about two very different things.

Maybe so. But personally, I believe that all civilian deaths are equally tragic whether of a child, an old man, or a mother. In fact, I would object if someone said “X dead women is acceptable, but X dead children is unacceptable”, because personally I believe that whatever X you choose should be age-independent. YMMV

I didn’t say it was acceptable. It is no more acceptable than civilian deaths in Germany, Japan, or Chechnya.

People are often more concerned about the rate of deaths because Gaza is relatively small. But if you really are counting how many and not the rate, then the vast majority of wars were worse than Gaza. The number of civilian deaths in Dresden alone is comparable to those in Gaza. Over 150,000 civilians have died in Iraq.

And as I said, some people find one civilian death to be unacceptable, others are willing to accept more than one. I’ve never met anyone who is willing to accept “any amount”.

from 2019 through 2022

That’s cherry picking.

The civilian casualty rate in Gaza is about the same as the Second Chechen War and less than on the East Front, in North Korea, or in Vietnam.

I’m neither pro-Israel nor pro-Hamas, but the correct answer is “same as in every other war”.

In other words, the maximum number of Gazan casualties you will accept depends on the maximum number of Axis casualties you would have accepted in WW2. That might be zero or it might be fairly high.

The treaties were enshrined in law, which is more specific. For example:

Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than $3,300,000,000 shall be available for grants only for Israel which shall be disbursed within 30 days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That to the extent that the Government of Israel requests that funds be used for such purposes, grants made available for Israel under this heading shall, as agreed by the United States and Israel, be available for advanced weapons systems, of which not less than $815,300,000 shall be available for the procurement in Israel of defense articles

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The difference is that you can completely avoid lead poisoning if you eliminate exposure to lead, but you can’t completely avoid cancer even if you eliminate exposure to carcinogens.

And eliminating exposure to aspartame would have only a minimal effect, at best, on your overall risk of cancer.

Don’t forget cell phones, which are in the same risk category as aspartame.

The Sims comedy hour was a separate event from the other two, it was a 2022 attempt to frame Ukraine for terrorism.

If passed, the aid bill will send $60 billion to Ukraine.

Biden just scrounged up $0.3 billion for Ukraine.

They are not the same.