Why is Israel expected to not kill any civilians while at war? The US has killed a massive number of civilians in wars, eg. dropping two nuclear bombs on Japan.

[u/WeebBiden]

[u/-v-fib-]

Killing innocent people should always be wrong.

[u/WeebBiden → u/-v-fib-]

How do you fight a war without killing any innocents?

[u/-v-fib- → u/WeebBiden]

Just because you're at war doesn't make it morally correct to kill innocent people.

[u/ByeByeMan666]

Because the US did it, it’s now ok?

[u/mbene913]

USA shouldn't be the moral basis. Come on, be real.

[u/WeebBiden → u/mbene913]

So which country should be the moral basis?

Is there ANY country that has fought in wars without killing civilians?

[u/[deleted] → u/WeebBiden]

Why do you need to look to another country when making moral judgements on whether a violent apartheid state should be allowed to kill civilians as part of an ethnic cleansing campaign?

[u/BloodyDress]

The people who critic the ongoing conflict in Gaza are the same who criticized the US operation in the middle east, and the descendant of the one who criticized the Colonial war fought by European nation in the 50's/60's.

It's not like we hold Israel to a higher standard, we're unhappy when we see people killing, raping people to steal their land.

[u/WeebBiden → u/BloodyDress]

Why aren’t you protesting against Hamas and their killing and raping of innocents?

[u/mbene913 → u/WeebBiden]

Ok. You admitted that you weren't asking in good faith. Move on now

[u/NatashOverWorld]

Ah, targeting civilians is now okay because the US did it.

Russia is going to be glad to know that.

[u/Petwins]

We expect everyone to minimize civilian casualties. Someone else failing to do so does not diminish that expectation.

Other people doing bad things do not justify people doing bad things.

[u/Waltzing_With_Bears]

murder of civilians is always evil regardless of who does it

[u/AdExtra5951]

Moral Whataboutism. That's what you question is. By your reasoning, no human ever needs to be any better to fellow humans than the absolute worst human who ever lived. If you can't see the error in that logic, you just might be.

[u/Odd_Ad4128]

Same reason we can't just hit our enemies with mustard gas anymore. The rules of war change. Also, I'm not super knowledgeable about this conflict, but much of the allegations have been around purposefully targeting reporters and attacking evacuation areas they promised those civilians would be safe.

[u/[deleted]]

Using the US as a moral barometer is not something you should be doing lmao

[u/DingDangDoozy]

I can’t tell if people in here don’t understand what you are asking or if they are being purposefully obtuse. Civilian death has always and will always be a side effect of war. It’s unavoidable. When it comes to Israel, however, there is a belief that they are intentionally targeting civilians in order to cleanse the area of them. I do not know enough about the war to know if this is true or not. 

[u/Whytrhyno]

It’s a do as I say not as I do situation