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  • Israel aren't analogous to Ukraine in this situation.

    Agree with this.

    They are the other guys.

    Don't think this follows though. Israel hasn't just decided to invade apropos of nothing - they were the victim of a huge attack, which itself was in the context of over a century of friction between two main groups in the same area.

  • Israel hasn't just decided to invade apropos of nothing

    yes; apologies as it was a bit of a throw away line. i just meant in terms of relative size and military power they are more similar.

  • Ah gotcha. Yeah if anything the disparity in military power is greater between Israel + Hamas, but it does seem a very different battle, being within a city

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