The device bombs were in our living rooms, in our pockets, in our faces. Beirut is terrified

2 years ago by Peter Link to c/worldnews

The impact of the latest outrage in Lebanon is devastating for the citizens of a country caught between Israel and Hezbollah, says author Naji Bakhti

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20524151

Naji Bakhti
Fri 20 Sep 2024 06.57 EDT

[Israel's "sophisticated" savagery -PL]

load all comments

AngryishHumanoid 86 points 2 years ago

Call me pisher but I'm not sure I'm on board with fighting terrorism with more terrorism.

save

path: 0 12476755, hotness: undefined, score: 86, children: 9

NegativeInf 33 points 2 years ago

Sounds like a good way to murder more children.

save

path: 0 12476755 12476988, hotness: undefined, score: 33, children: 1

chunkystyles 2 points 2 years ago

Genociders: Sounds great!

save

path: 0 12476755 12476988 12488818, hotness: undefined, score: 2, children: 0

MossyFeathers 22 points 2 years ago

save

path: 0 12476755 12477428, hotness: undefined, score: 22, children: 1

match 1 point 2 years ago

i feel like if they manufactured the devices they could've made them traceable and killed specific targets

save

path: 0 12476755 12477428 12489119, hotness: undefined, score: 1, children: 0

sharkfucker420 14 points 2 years ago

The best part is that terrorism is only terrorism when its done by people you don't like to people you do like. Very simply definition.

save

path: 0 12476755 12487742, hotness: undefined, score: 14, children: 2

chunkystyles 2 points 2 years ago

And you can usually tell at a glance based on the color of the parties' skin.

save

path: 0 12476755 12487742 12488843, hotness: undefined, score: 2, children: 1

Crikeste 13 points 2 years ago

Don’t let America hear that. They’ll call you a terrorist and tankie for having the gall of skepticism.

save

path: 0 12476755 12477506, hotness: undefined, score: 13, children: 0

NoneOfUrBusiness 2 points 2 years ago

When has Hezbollah even done terrorism? Aren't they more of a typical (para) military organization?

save

path: 0 12476755 12492231, hotness: undefined, score: 2, children: 0

worldnews

@lemmy.ml

News from around the world!

Rules:

Please only post links to actual news sources, no tabloid sites, etc
No NSFW content
No hate speech, bigotry, propaganda, etc

go to feed...

worldnews

@lemmy.ml

News from around the world!

Rules:

Please only post links to actual news sources, no tabloid sites, etc
No NSFW content
No hate speech, bigotry, propaganda, etc

go to feed...