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AloeVera

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14. Soldiers are brainwashed into acquiescence to being killing machines.

Reply to Ping Tung (Reply #11)

Thu Aug 21, 2025, 06:03 PM

Aug 21

So we fight each other instead of threats to our survival, like climate change or the chokehold of the oligarchs and capitalists condemning billions to poverty and an early, painful death. And they fight and die to maintain that unjust status quo.

I hope you, Ping Tung, have healed from your experience. It seems like you have seen the light... What an enlightening - but terrible - journey that must have been!

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Israeli army database suggests at least 83% of Gaza dead were civilians [View all] WhiskeyGrinder Aug 21 OP

Interesting. Dave Bowman Aug 21 #1

US imposes sanctions on international court officials in 'flagrant attack Ping Tung Aug 21 #2

The Guardian article on this is very good too. AloeVera Aug 21 #3

The Guardian is the best source on the planet malaise Aug 21 #17

That graph is NOT from the database; it is a construction based on total numbers dead provided by Hamas. elias7 Aug 21 #4

Some view Hamas as reliably reporting freedom fighters. nt LexVegas Aug 21 #5

Apparently so does the IDF. AloeVera Aug 21 #12

Good Lord. You doubt a list of dead complete with ID numbers? AloeVera Aug 21 #6

Does the IDF "know" that civilians are "being used as human shields" why are they murdering them? Ping Tung Aug 21 #7

Being labelled a "human shield" is a death sentence. AloeVera Aug 21 #9

The troops are "just following orders". The unarmed civilians are reduced to necessary collateral damage. Ping Tung Aug 21 #11

Soldiers are brainwashed into acquiescence to being killing machines. AloeVera Aug 21 #14

Lol. There was a Chicago radio host, Jay Marvin, who used to refer to right wingers as "brain stems" Hassin Bin Sober Aug 21 #10

It's what happens when you wage total war in/on densely populated urban areas...nt Wounded Bear Aug 21 #8

Savage. H2O Man Aug 21 #13

You mean those "precision strikes" people said the IDF was carefully carrying out turned out to be bullshit? Rob H. Aug 21 #15

Duh! malaise Aug 21 #16