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Ok, so targeted strikes in the US by our enemies that have civilians as collateral damage is OK, is that what you are saying?

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The point was that the US government regularly accepts civilian casualties in trageted strikes, so it would be hypocritical for the US government to complain now.

Notably, this doesn't apply to anyone who hasn't supported such strikes in the war against terror.

> this doesn't apply to anyone who hasn't supported such strikes in the war against terror

or to any US ally; the hypocrisy has been around for a long time already

if 20 Mossad agents had been assassinated in Israel _in the same way_, we'd be hearing the story told in a whole different way

20 Mossad agents with 2700 civilians injured, 200 close to death, to include all the details. Many civilians were doctors with pagers.

Edit: my comment is 100% factual and unopinionated. I'm just quoting an NPR report. To downvote this is to be a propaganda agent.

Your comment is unsubstantiated, and I haven't been able to find any source that confirms.

The downvotes seem reasonable to me.

What NPR report says thousands of civilians were injured? None of these do:

https://www.npr.org/2024/09/17/g-s1-23452/hezbollah-pagers-e...

https://www.npr.org/2024/09/17/g-s1-23406/scores-of-hezbolla...

The US would call this terrorism if it occurred in the exact same fashion to itself or allies. The hypocrisy is blindingly clear. It's hypocrisy because they don't complain. Your logic is completely backward.

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