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celsoazevedo • last Friday at 4:14 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

Hezbollah was created in the 80s after the 1982 Lebanon War, when Israel invaded southern Lebanon. But why have they done that? Well, the PLA were attacking them from Lebanon. And then someone will come along to point out that the PLA was attacking Israel because of what Israel did, and someone else will point out that Israel was reacting to the constant ganging up of the arab countries around them, and so on and so forth. Let's not forget the religious side, the cold war politics, etc.

Do you call this clear? I don't.

This mess, for a lack of a better word, was a thing before I was born and I wouldn't be surprised if it still was a thing by the time I'm dead (assuming I live a long life). Every single action has a justification going all the way back.


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pasquinelli • yesterday at 1:27 PM

chattel slavery was a practice in america for multiple lifetimes, but that doesn't make it a morally uncertain question. israel was established by ethnic cleansing and can only continue to exist by apartheid. it's not a difficult question, it isn't a nuanced issue-- the idea that it is one is simply propaganda.

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