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[–] favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 118 points 6 days ago (9 children)

What distinguishes the IDF from ISIS and the Taliban?

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 133 points 6 days ago (2 children)
[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 56 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Wait, didn't those have US support at some point too?

[–] rafoix@lemmy.zip 46 points 5 days ago

That’s what distinguishes them now.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Isis and the Taliban were created by the US too. Although admittedly, the support soon dwindled.

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 1 points 5 days ago

USA does drop their partners whenever convenient. The Kurdish in Iran didn't fight when Trump asked them for exactly that reason. Israel does have a really long streak going compared to most.

[–] MartianRecon@lemmus.org 54 points 5 days ago (1 children)

IDF has probably killed way more children.

[–] youcantreadthis@quokk.au 26 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Also waaaaaay more rapey. Which is a pretty high bar to rape over tbh.

[–] MartianRecon@lemmus.org 1 points 5 days ago

Pretty much yeah.

[–] mcv@lemmy.zip 37 points 5 days ago

Better funded.

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 9 points 5 days ago

Different flag

[–] youcantreadthis@quokk.au 9 points 5 days ago

How dare you be so antisemitic as to compare the master race to untermenchem! You will be exterminated! Rape rape murder rape! Exterminate! Exterminate!

[–] Samskara@sh.itjust.works -1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

No slave trade for starters.

The IDF is friendly to Kurds and Druze.