[Jeremy Scahill, The Intercept] This Is Not a War Against Hamas
[Jeremy Scahill, The Intercept] This Is Not a War Against Hamas
The notion that the war would end if Hamas was overthrown or surrenders is as ahistorical as it is false.
It has become indisputably clear over these past two months that there are not actually two sides to this horror show. Without question, the perpetrators who meted out the horrors against Israeli civilians on October 7 should be held accountable. But that is not what this collective killing operation is about. And journalists should stop pretending it is
...it’s not like the Israelis are sitting around every morning and saying ‘Hey, how many more civilians can we kill today?’ ‘Let’s go bomb a school or a hospital or a residential building and just—and cause civilian casualties.'
Israeli commanders don't have to sit around asking these questions and worry about consequences because the AI does it for them! Hooray for technology!
To be honest, I've thought that's where at least part of the US' interest might be in their recent support of the IDF: data collection on using AI for military purposes