What distinguishes the IDF from ISIS and the Taliban?
this post was submitted on 20 Apr 2026
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Wait, didn't those have US support at some point too?
That’s what distinguishes them now.
Isis and the Taliban were created by the US too. Although admittedly, the support soon dwindled.
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IDF has probably killed way more children.
Also waaaaaay more rapey. Which is a pretty high bar to rape over tbh.
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Better funded.
Different flag
How dare you be so antisemitic as to compare the master race to untermenchem! You will be exterminated! Rape rape murder rape! Exterminate! Exterminate!
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Who cares? Israeli occupiers torture and kill actual real human beings every day.
Those are just Muslims, who Christian evangelicals don't care about. But they sure care about their idolatry!
They've been killing Palestinian and Lebanese Christians too. The idol is just more important to them than the Christians with the wrong complexion.
And American Christian/Nationalist evangelicals do not give one single fuck because their death cult demands that Israel be where its is and be doing what it is doing to bring about the return of Jesus so the righteous can rise into heavens and God's kingdom on Earth reign for 1000 years or some bullshit to that effect. But never mind that in the Bible it clearly states that this can not be forced and will only happen on God's time schedule.
Scripture never stopped American Christians before and it won't start now!
Has someone tried telling them they're not righteous?
I have tried all my life. When you point out how it is morally wrong or that their position is against the teachings of the very Bible they claim as infallible they either look at you like you are alien or they drag their illiterate preacher over to you to help bring you back to God's path. I was raised Southern Baptist.
But never mind that in the Bible it clearly states that this can not be forced and will only happen on God’s time schedule.
They'd have to read the book they worship to know that.
I think that like in typical sect, early Christians believed the end of times is a matter of years. They were basically told "join our sect because the world is about to end and this is the only way to be saved". The message was that world will end before last of the disciples dies. Then it changed into "before everyone who was alive when Christ lived will die" which was more vague so the timeline wasn't as clear. Then it changed into "no one really knows when it will happen". Modern sects use the exact same trick.
Jesus told His apostles that they would be alive to see His triumphant return.
They all died, confused and bewildered.
(or perhaps they are still walking the earth to this very day, revenant Highlander apostles are always a possibility)
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“Hamanda acka acka racka deda backa sanda acka ambo osa cacka reeté eké banda acka riki dibi asha daaah”
- Paula White Cain, Senior Advisor to the White House Faith Office
Is she playing the Name Game while speaking tongues? Next they'll be handling snakes.
"The IDF views the incident with great severity and emphasizes that the soldier's conduct is wholly inconsistent with the values expected of its troops."
So smashing the head of a statue of a Palestinian man is bad, but smashing the heads of real Palestinian people is a-ok?
Christian Americans should watch videos of Israeli children and adults spitting on and attacking Christian women just walking through the street.
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Smash a Palestinian child's head open, get promoted.
Smash a Jesus statue head open....well, don't go home.
Jew on Jew violence.
Given what else they are doing, this is not newsworthy
It's a good picture. Sure they've been destroying Christian churches, some of the first Christian churches ever, for decades now, but a good picture is what really sells things.
Unfortunately much of Trump's base cares more about their religious idols than they do about people, so this kind of news might actually make a difference for once.
Not to us, we dont care, but if christian zionists were more christian than zionist, theyd be losing their shit.
The jaywalking of war crimes.
Yeah idgaf about this one, but their cucks should be losing their shit over it.
They put him on the cross they take him from the cross, these guys can't decide
That's some biblical shit
Destroy all their carved images and their cast idols, and demolish all their high places.
https://biblehub.com/numbers/33-52.htm
Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones, cut down their Asherah poles and burn their idols in the fire.
https://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/7-5.htm
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Fuckin a to hear Jake tapper yesterday, like, uh he said an entire civilization will be gone, isn't that genocide? And then just getting hammered with bullshit, and he was not there for it
Sometimes you gotta genocide to prevent genocide.
— Israel, since 1948
Jesus and Christians are definitely anti-semitic.
He's probably jewish
They are showing us how to treat other peoples' religion.
The dumbfuck Christian Nationalists, every single one on the planet, think the hard core lunatic Jews are on their side. BS, they are squeezing out the remaining Christians in Israel too.
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