The IDF is literally killing more civilians, proportionally, than an extremely racist state (as anti-Japanese sentiment is well-recorded in WW2 America) in a position of total war conducting an unrestricted bombing campaign
Not to whatabout… but the Japanese were killing scores of conquered Chinese civilians long before the Americans got involved. Japan have engaged in xenophobic propaganda against anyone non-Japanese to justify their own nationalist expansionism.
You make it sound as though Japan wasn’t a fascist country who signed the Axis/Tripartite alliance with Mussolini and Hitler.
I mean, my point isn’t that the Japanese Empire wasn’t horrific. My point is that, in WW2, with numerous reasons to be murderous and indiscriminate, the US still murdered fewer civilians in Japan, proportionally, than Israel is now.
If we’re comparing Israel to the Japanese Empire, then Israel’s current crimes don’t hold a candle.
I don’t think the OP is attempting to make any commentary on Japan, and is trying to exclusively put into perspective the atrocities by Israel. Your comment distracts from the original intent.
I’m pretty sure the point is that the IDF has killed a higher ratio of civilians than the US did in a conflict where they dropped TWO nuclear bombs on population-centric cities
Nobody asked if you thought they deserved it, but thanks for offering I guess
I get what you’re saying, but OP said America is extremely racist, but the Imperial Japanese was far more racist by the standards of the time.
The US and Japan were racists before and during World War II, but the latter is more racist by the standards of the time and even by today’s standards.
Not to whatabout… but the Japanese were killing scores of conquered Chinese civilians long before the Americans got involved. Japan have engaged in xenophobic propaganda against anyone non-Japanese to justify their own nationalist expansionism.
You make it sound as though Japan wasn’t a fascist country who signed the Axis/Tripartite alliance with Mussolini and Hitler.
I mean, my point isn’t that the Japanese Empire wasn’t horrific. My point is that, in WW2, with numerous reasons to be murderous and indiscriminate, the US still murdered fewer civilians in Japan, proportionally, than Israel is now.
If we’re comparing Israel to the Japanese Empire, then Israel’s current crimes don’t hold a candle.
I don’t think the OP is attempting to make any commentary on Japan, and is trying to exclusively put into perspective the atrocities by Israel. Your comment distracts from the original intent.
I’m pretty sure the point is that the IDF has killed a higher ratio of civilians than the US did in a conflict where they dropped TWO nuclear bombs on population-centric cities
Nobody asked if you thought they deserved it, but thanks for offering I guess
I get what you’re saying, but OP said America is extremely racist, but the Imperial Japanese was far more racist by the standards of the time.
The US and Japan were racists before and during World War II, but the latter is more racist by the standards of the time and even by today’s standards.
I’m not sure what the point of asserting that is, if not a tacit justification for killing civilians
I’m only specifically addressing OP’s particular statement that I have mentioned.