▲ 435 ▼ Israel announces 'total' blockade on Gaza (www.aljazeera.com) submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by tryptaminev@feddit.de to c/world@lemmy.world 294 comments fedilink hide all child comments Edited title to match articles title.
[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 29 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'm sure this will in no way backfire. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 33 points 2 years ago (1 child) It'll escalate the conflict... Which is what Israels government wants... So yeah, it's not going to backfire, it's going to do exactly what they want. Same way using the IDF to make sure Palestinians couldn't fight back against "settlers" just escalated the conflict. If Israel wanted peace, that backfired. But they don't want peace. They want a war so they can use it as an excuse to expand their borders again. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) I want to disagree so badly...but I can't. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago It's like the bully that's careful to not get caught for years. Then one day a victim snaps and punches the bully in the face, so the bully beats the shit out of their victim and since "he started it" they get equal punishments. For the bully it's part of the game, for the victim it makes them feel crazy and possibly teaches them to never stand up for themselves again. Or drives them to do something incredibly dangerous because they feel trapped. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 33 points 2 years ago (1 child) It'll escalate the conflict... Which is what Israels government wants... So yeah, it's not going to backfire, it's going to do exactly what they want. Same way using the IDF to make sure Palestinians couldn't fight back against "settlers" just escalated the conflict. If Israel wanted peace, that backfired. But they don't want peace. They want a war so they can use it as an excuse to expand their borders again. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) I want to disagree so badly...but I can't. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago It's like the bully that's careful to not get caught for years. Then one day a victim snaps and punches the bully in the face, so the bully beats the shit out of their victim and since "he started it" they get equal punishments. For the bully it's part of the game, for the victim it makes them feel crazy and possibly teaches them to never stand up for themselves again. Or drives them to do something incredibly dangerous because they feel trapped. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) I want to disagree so badly...but I can't. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago It's like the bully that's careful to not get caught for years. Then one day a victim snaps and punches the bully in the face, so the bully beats the shit out of their victim and since "he started it" they get equal punishments. For the bully it's part of the game, for the victim it makes them feel crazy and possibly teaches them to never stand up for themselves again. Or drives them to do something incredibly dangerous because they feel trapped. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago It's like the bully that's careful to not get caught for years. Then one day a victim snaps and punches the bully in the face, so the bully beats the shit out of their victim and since "he started it" they get equal punishments. For the bully it's part of the game, for the victim it makes them feel crazy and possibly teaches them to never stand up for themselves again. Or drives them to do something incredibly dangerous because they feel trapped. permalink fedilink source parent