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Is it normal to bomb boats delivering humanitarian aid?
That doesn’t feel normal to me.
It’s normal if you’re committing genocide.
And trying to cover it up
From the little we know of the US military:
A Venezuelan boat was bombed by the US military, killing 11 people.
North Koreans were killed on a fishing boat in 2019 by the US military.
Hey, I think something happened to your reply and it seems to have been cut off before you reached the part related to the comment you were responding to.
Which of those boats were delivering humanitarian aid?
You can't just go around poking holes in other peoples' irrelevant comparisons just because they're off-topic, don't you know it's rude?
What's your argument, the genocide is okay because the US has also bombed boats wrongly?
And that's ignoring your username. Too much to unpack there.
no i think they're just saying that yes it is normal and offered no indication of whether or not it's okay. normal =/= okay
It's someone I blocked, is it Donald j musk? Haha
Jimmydoreisalefty
Odd I don't recall blocking that name. Oh well
OK, while true that's don't really relate to this. Yeah, those are bad, but this is another level of bad. Not everything has to be "but America!"
The Venezuelan boat was almost certainly running drugs. Still wasn't a valid military target and they didn't check to make sure, but it matched a specific type of boat that's used for drug running and the cargo was a bunch of barrels, similar to what you'd see with drugs.
The NK fishing boat was a misidentification. Again, still bad but it wasn't purposefully targeting civilians, let alone those carrying humanitarian aid.
You can construct reasonable arguments. I believe in you. This isn't it.
Obviously not, but it's also not normal to commit genocide so all bets are off when it comes to Israel.
Yes, it's a normal thing to do when you are a Jewish Nazi.
Israeli Nazi.
Let’s not conflate Jewishness with Israel, which is exactly what Israel wants.
Is being wrong fun for you or something? I think you're smarter than what the things you're saying here would lead me to believe.
I am bored at work and hungry. I must find some entertainment until I get back home.
Maybe try something else than antisemitism next time.
I rotate, don't worry
You have an out-of-date sense of normality. The world has changed while you did not notice.