Comments on: Scalise Clears First Hurdle http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/10/11/scalise-clears-first-hurdle/ Reality-based political commentary Thu, 07 May 2026 04:19:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/10/11/scalise-clears-first-hurdle/#comment-204484 nypoet22 Thu, 12 Oct 2023 18:54:51 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=24205#comment-204484 @dan, Again, you have misinterpreted Israeli actions and intentions. Hamas stations weapons, military equipment and tactical centers in civilian zones, so IDF leadership is faced with an impossible choice; allow the most horrific terrorist action to go unanswered and unchecked, or try and hit the military targets and hope that not too many civilians get caught in the middle. That is not murder, except perhaps by Hamas for intentionally putting civilians in the crossfire. JL @dan,

Again, you have misinterpreted Israeli actions and intentions. Hamas stations weapons, military equipment and tactical centers in civilian zones, so IDF leadership is faced with an impossible choice; allow the most horrific terrorist action to go unanswered and unchecked, or try and hit the military targets and hope that not too many civilians get caught in the middle. That is not murder, except perhaps by Hamas for intentionally putting civilians in the crossfire.

JL

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/10/11/scalise-clears-first-hurdle/#comment-204483 Elizabeth Miller Thu, 12 Oct 2023 13:03:59 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=24205#comment-204483 Sorry for being so far off topic. Sorry for being so far off topic.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/10/11/scalise-clears-first-hurdle/#comment-204482 Elizabeth Miller Thu, 12 Oct 2023 12:46:32 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=24205#comment-204482 And, yet, the neoconservatives, including those currently working in the Biden administration, seem pretty full of themselves as they seek to push their agenda throughout the world, still, apparently unable to see the light through their wholly misguided ways. And, yet, the neoconservatives, including those currently working in the Biden administration, seem pretty full of themselves as they seek to push their agenda throughout the world, still, apparently unable to see the light through their wholly misguided ways.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/10/11/scalise-clears-first-hurdle/#comment-204481 Elizabeth Miller Thu, 12 Oct 2023 11:55:54 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=24205#comment-204481 So, the Iraqi PM would like to see Putin mediate a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. How about <a href="https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/10/11/iraqi-pm-asks-putin-to-mediate-israel-hamas-war-a82736" rel="nofollow">that!</a> So, the Iraqi PM would like to see Putin mediate a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

How about that!

]]> By: dsws http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/10/11/scalise-clears-first-hurdle/#comment-204480 dsws Thu, 12 Oct 2023 08:40:36 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=24205#comment-204480 @nypoet Murder is still murder when it's done from a plane, without looking the victims in the eye. Bombing apartment buildings and hospitals for the purpose of collective punishment is murder, because the purpose is to kill non-combatants. Yes, freelance murder undertaken at the initiative of an individual soldier would be punished if they were caught. But the fact that they were following orders does not absolve them. @nypoet
Murder is still murder when it's done from a plane, without looking the victims in the eye. Bombing apartment buildings and hospitals for the purpose of collective punishment is murder, because the purpose is to kill non-combatants. Yes, freelance murder undertaken at the initiative of an individual soldier would be punished if they were caught. But the fact that they were following orders does not absolve them.

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