the names that Hamas was releasing in October
were confirmed to be real citizens at that time
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Democracies lie all the time with War. You lived during Vietnam mookie, I did not. You tell me what happened.
And I have no sympathy for Hamas. Tying a mother and child together with chains and then dousing them with gasoline is an unspeakable act [my brain breaks here and I am purposefully truncating my language for how it turns my stomach I can not capture this, mother and child burned to death], the people who did that deserve to burn their own horrible death.
But less than 3000 people did October 7th with their hands and weapons (sure there may have been more with the planning but I can not count those, give me a source if you have it.)
3000 people are not 2 million people, and people should not die for the crimes of another. Starvation, Disease, a Building Collapsing on you. This has happened in the thousands, I can not quantify (count) how many thousands, yet we know it is happening.