AltMediaGuy@altmedia.houseM to AltMedia@altmedia.house · 1 month agoPure Orwell: Europe condemns Iran for attacks on its own territory. Europe doesn’t uphold universal rules — it enforces its tribalist identity: “rules” only apply to adversaries, not friends.responsiblestatecraft.orgexternal-linkmessage-square27linkfedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down18
arrow-up132arrow-down1external-linkPure Orwell: Europe condemns Iran for attacks on its own territory. Europe doesn’t uphold universal rules — it enforces its tribalist identity: “rules” only apply to adversaries, not friends.responsiblestatecraft.orgAltMediaGuy@altmedia.houseM to AltMedia@altmedia.house · 1 month agomessage-square27linkfedilink
minus-squareglimse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·1 month agoLet’s ignore our opinions of Iran and look at JUST the media coverage. Was Israel widely condemned for bombing Iran and killing a hundred civilians? No, not at all. It was framed as a justifiable preemptive strike. Was Iran widely condemned for responding to the unprompted attack? Yes, absolutely. How dare they retaliate! If someone publicly repeated that they were going to murder you, you’re not magically justified in murdering them first.
minus-squareglimse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·1 month agoOh yeah, I forgot about those precision missiles Israel has that hits an apartment building but only kills military targets. Israel isn’t Ukraine. They don’t give a shit about collateral damage.
Let’s ignore our opinions of Iran and look at JUST the media coverage.
Was Israel widely condemned for bombing Iran and killing a hundred civilians? No, not at all. It was framed as a justifiable preemptive strike.
Was Iran widely condemned for responding to the unprompted attack? Yes, absolutely. How dare they retaliate!
If someone publicly repeated that they were going to murder you, you’re not magically justified in murdering them first.
The “civilians”:
Oh yeah, I forgot about those precision missiles Israel has that hits an apartment building but only kills military targets.
Israel isn’t Ukraine. They don’t give a shit about collateral damage.