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I find it hard to have any sympathy for the American pilots that are dropping bombs on schoolgirls.

I don't believe the U.S military was involved with that school massacre. Reports have it that it was some Israeli missile. The U.S would sell weapons knowing full well it could happen but would never (knowingly) do such a thing.

All that said, not sure there should be any sympathy for soldiers bombing any country on the pretext of some "preventive" war.

It was extremely likely a tomahawk missile which Israel do not use. It was almost certainly the US. There are many many journalists who have written about it

Do you support the general rhetorical tactic of taking a single example and expanding it to the entirety of a group?

If so, I assume you're also upset about the bad hombres crossing the US southern border. After all, they are killers and rapists, right?

You’re generalising from some criminals to an entire civilian population. The parent generalized from military to military. There’s a slight difference in the two.

Also, remember that it was the US who declared “no quarter”, not the Iranians.

> You’re generalising...

Yep

> The parent generalized

Yep

Yes, please ignore the rest of those clauses.

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