Yea I did draw that red line on Syria as even a casual google search would indicate. That was like the defining issue for me in the 2010s. I don’t talk to Assad supporters.
Yea I did draw that red line on Syria as even a casual google search would indicate. That was like the defining issue for me in the 2010s. I don’t talk to Assad supporters.
You're right on that point: I do see on a Google search that you have criticized the Assad regime. I still don't see the same level of moral condemnation as you give to Israel, though. And as far as I can see you never called it a genocide. You have multiple tweets calling the Israel situation a genocide (as well as this article) but when talking about Syria you use the word massacre or simply describe events.
For the same reasons you gave in this article regarding why you think Israel is committing a genocide, Assad's govt CLEARLY committed a genocide. He explicitly targeted civilians with Double Tap Strikes, meaning that one bombing of a hospital or school is done purposely, then when rescue workers come another is done to make sure all are dead including the workers, hence the name double tap. Israel can be criticized for its tactics, but when its govt attacks schools or hospitals it's because HAMAS is holing up in them, using Palestinians as human shields (sometimes). The death count both by most years and in total is also way higher in the Syrian Civil War.
Is there something I'm missing as to why one is a genocide and the other isn't?
Yea I did draw that red line on Syria as even a casual google search would indicate. That was like the defining issue for me in the 2010s. I don’t talk to Assad supporters.
You're right on that point: I do see on a Google search that you have criticized the Assad regime. I still don't see the same level of moral condemnation as you give to Israel, though. And as far as I can see you never called it a genocide. You have multiple tweets calling the Israel situation a genocide (as well as this article) but when talking about Syria you use the word massacre or simply describe events.
For the same reasons you gave in this article regarding why you think Israel is committing a genocide, Assad's govt CLEARLY committed a genocide. He explicitly targeted civilians with Double Tap Strikes, meaning that one bombing of a hospital or school is done purposely, then when rescue workers come another is done to make sure all are dead including the workers, hence the name double tap. Israel can be criticized for its tactics, but when its govt attacks schools or hospitals it's because HAMAS is holing up in them, using Palestinians as human shields (sometimes). The death count both by most years and in total is also way higher in the Syrian Civil War.
Is there something I'm missing as to why one is a genocide and the other isn't?