Wait, I'm confused. So the history of the Ryukyu Islands is that they were claimed by China until the First Sino-Japanese War, at which point they fell to the Japanese. Then, after WW2, the US takes over jurisdiction of the islands as war reparations under the Treaty of San Francisco (which China, naturally, wasn't invited to and received basically nothing from).

So, today, the Americans have a bunch of military bases there, China claims a few small islands there, Japan claims the entire chain, and the people of the island themselves want independence.

Fuck, eh?

You mean that "Hamas tunnel" that turned out to be a water reservoir? www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2023/11/8/investigation-disproves-israel-claim-of-hamas-tunnel-under-gaza-hospital

Have you considered that hibakusha might secretly be Hamas?

No evidence, only renders someone drew up in a few hours in Blender.

This is the bar for evidence we have? If the IDF had evidence, they'd publicize it.

I'm sure this was an "accident" and that the IDF isn't targeting journalists.

Odd how many journalists, journalist families, aid workers, and medical personnel have died in this conflict, though.

If a stray Hamas rocket can cause this much damage, you really gotta wonder why Hamas hasn't won this war already given that they have tens of thousands of them.

Oh wait, what's that? The sound of the munition used in the strike and the size of the explosion is in line with JDAMs used in prior conflicts, not that of a misfired missile? https://x.com/wyattreed13/status/1714338974544625692?s=20

You can compare the audio with other uses of JDAMs? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_uwzugvv-g

Huh. I see.

Yes but see, clearly Hamas is everywhere and that clearly justifies the civilian casualties. Clearly.

Obviously. No civilians are in the North to strike anymore.

Damn hexbear and lemmygrad really became the new "commie"

It's really shone a light on how little the West actually understands communism tbh

Y'all are talking past each other because you're operating on entirely different assumptions about what the same words mean

Maybe you should take a look at a map of Gaza. This isn't some field in Ukraine where you can just not be near the use of WP.

Haven't you heard? They're taking a train to go camping.

Are you forgetting how the Americans funded the American Revolution against Britain?

When living under constant suppression, inequality, and a state of war (and a blockade IS a state of war), are you really looking for a peaceful solution?