You can?

I think it was more along the lines of, "I'm not sure I believe they're actually targeting kids." And then, "oh my God the UN has video evidence of Israel targeting peace keepers."

I don't think most people are okay with killing kids. The hurdle is getting them to realize it is happening.

There is a difference though, and that is that while babies tend to be in the vicinity of adults, that could potentially be terrorists, you cannot make the same assumption (if you were to actually be make it in the former case) about uniformed and distinctly marked UN-peacekeepers that have their own bases. Attacking that letter can not be collateral damage or be an attack on potential terrorists, while the former could with a lot of mental gymnastics be legitimised (though not morally justified).

And let's be real, international diplomacy is the art of mental gymnastics at olympic level.

I mean, they're just babies. How good can they really even be at murdering? I'll give em a pass. Now a couple dozen murdering toddlers with knives? At that point we may have a problem. I'm pretty sure I could still take them, but I'll probably need stitches before it's over.

I've completely lost the thread.

Well, it is middle-eastern babies. Not like they're white babies or something.

Yeah. I can. They've BARELY lived. They might not even be sapient yet if you get them early enough. You can just make more and very little developmental progress would be lost. The resource impact is minuscule compared to the loss of full fledged, experienced, skilled, specialized adults. It's excusable AND I'M TIRED OF PRETENDING IT'S NOT.

Wait shit I thought we were only talking about white ones. Nevermind.

look, magahead, you're not getting votes no matter how flippant and ignorant you are about the conflict and Palestine.