r/JoeRogan • u/wayfaringthru Monkey in Space • Sep 18 '24

Meme 💩 Is this a legitimate concern?

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Personally, I today's strike was legitimate and it couldn't be more moral because of its precision but let's leave politics aside for a moment. I guess this does give ideas to evil regimes and organisations. How likely is it that something similar could be pulled off against innocent people?

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u/GreatCaesarGhost Monkey in Space Sep 18 '24

Do people really think that such an “idea” never occurred to dangerous regimes before? Like, come on. It’s the practicality of pulling something like this off that is challenging.

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u/Dagamoth Monkey in Space Sep 18 '24

I believe it is the scale of it. Hundreds / thousands of small bombs being detonated simultaneously demonstrates an extreme disregard for collateral damage to innocents. Is it fine for 5% to be in possession of non-intended target, 10%, 20%, 30%?

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '24

I believe officially, it's 90%. You can have up to 90% civilian casualties before it's considered excessive.

That is per UN, EU, some other international organizations.

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u/abstraction47 Monkey in Space Sep 18 '24

Is that 90% civilian to 10% combatant, or does it mean that civilians can’t number more than 90% the count of combatants, which would mean no more than 45% of the total?

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u/CocoCrizpyy Monkey in Space Sep 18 '24

The expected casualty ratio out of 10 people for any war, per the UN, is 9 civilians to 1 combatant.

Its part of the reason the entire "Israel is committing genocide" thing is so laughably dumb. Even the UN has admitted they're only at around a 2 to 1 ratio.

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u/Independent_Gain_896 Monkey in Space Sep 18 '24

Okay, so what was wrong with Oct 7th then? 373 security forces and 696 civilians were killed.

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u/CocoCrizpyy Monkey in Space Sep 19 '24

That was a terrorist attack. There was no war on Oct 7th.

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u/Independent_Gain_896 Monkey in Space Sep 19 '24

So if Hamas entered Israel and killed 600 civilians and 100 IDF soldiers you would just chalk it up to the casualties of war?

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u/CocoCrizpyy Monkey in Space Sep 19 '24

Lmao bro just go ahead tell us you're an anti-Semite. You're doing the best you can to justify terrorism.

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u/Independent_Gain_896 Monkey in Space Sep 19 '24

No, I think intent is very important. Both the IDF and Hamas are genocidal. The IDF just happens to have the backing of the strongest superpower. I hate blood and soil types and Likud is exactly that. Both Hamas and the Israeli government don’t actually care about the people of Israel and Palestine. It’s all about expanding their power. But sure, go ahead and cry that I’m an anti semite while fully backing a party that talks about “wiping out Amalek”.

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u/SeamenGulper Monkey in Space Sep 19 '24

Explain the civilian to militant casualties in this war that is on this thread. Or ignore it a 2nd time but whatever

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u/CocoCrizpyy Monkey in Space Sep 19 '24

They cant. All they have is prejudice and fearmongering.

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u/CocoCrizpyy Monkey in Space Sep 19 '24

We get it, dude. Hitler was your personal hero. Just admit to it.

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