I lived in Israel for 3 years back in 2013-2016, so far all of my friends are alive, and they've all been called up from the reserves. It pains me to see how utterly ignorant liberal America, and the US in general is when it comes to the issue to the point where on Oct 7th I see friends and acquaintances posting on their gram "I support Palestine" and being totally oblivious to the fact that not only are a massive portion of the civilians of Palestine supportive of Hamas' actions that day, but the ones who aren't are used as pawns of those murderous kleptocratic governments.
People, particularly the liberal group in the US, love supporting an underdog regardless of what actually occurred or is going on, and it's personal for me because I lived there, know what goes on, and have friends who may be going into the worst possible battlefield I could imagine in Gaza where they will face drone warfare, and the rampant use of human shields by Hamas in an urban setting while Hamas fights out of the tunnels they've spent the last 15 years building and operating out of under civilian infrastructure.
️ emoji for this phish girl i was talkin to and removing her pic and the emoji made it way easier to have cordial conversations.
