For those claiming that they don't believe Tucker when he said that Trump casually dismissed the risks of the Iran war by saying: "In the end, we're all dead anyway," Trump has publicly expressed the same nihilism on prior occasions:
Tucker Carlson recounts a private meeting where Donald Trump dismissed serious concerns over a potential war with Iran by casually telling him, "In the end, we're all dead anyway."
"I said to him, shocked, 'But what about our kids, our grandkids, our country?'
Around 5-13.
Estimates of munitions tonnage on Gaza since Oct 2023 range from roughly 70,000 tons (earlier independent analyses) to over 200,000 tons (Gaza authorities). Hiroshima yield was ~15 kilotons TNT. Crude weight comparisons thus yield that range. Direct equivalence is imperfect: conventional bombs have partial explosive fill, lack radiation/heat effects of a nuclear blast, and were delivered over years across an area rather than in one detonation.
@DBnarutonerd@RBPundit “81% of Gaza’s structures are damaged. 62% destroyed. Does the scale and pattern of destruction actually suggest attacks on specific military objectives, rather than treating ‘human shields’ as a blanket justification for destroying civilian areas?”
@addiebendory@RBPundit You called it “war” as if that were a justification for violating the rules of war. War is precisely the circumstance in which those rules apply.
@DBnarutonerd@RBPundit Torture/cruel treatment of detainees — prohibited under IHL. UN investigators have documented allegations of torture and other ill-treatment of Palestinian detainees.
@DBnarutonerd@RBPundit Forcible transfer — forcibly transferring protected civilians is prohibited except under narrowly defined circumstances. UN experts have raised allegations of unlawful forcible transfer arising from evacuation orders, destruction and restrictions on return.
@DBnarutonerd@RBPundit Starvation of civilians — using starvation as a method of warfare is prohibited. The ICC found reasonable grounds to believe Netanyahu and Gallant were responsible for the war crime of starvation.
@DBnarutonerd@RBPundit Disproportionate attacks — civilian harm cannot be excessive compared with the concrete and direct military advantage anticipated. UN experts have alleged repeated disproportionate attacks.
@addiebendory@RBPundit Per GPT the fact that Hamas committed atrocities does not give Israel a blank check for everything, whether the conduct is lawful depends on what it targets, the precautions it takes, the anticipated civilian harm, proportionality, and whether civilians are deliberately attacked.
@iMonk2334@RBPundit The stated goal of preventing another October 7 and destroying Hamas allows you to destroy of all Gaza. And killing and disfiguring Palestinian children.