solo@slrpnk.net to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago‘As if we don’t exist’: Under bombs in Lebanon, Americans feel abandonedwww.aljazeera.comexternal-linkmessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up1248arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up1236arrow-down1external-link‘As if we don’t exist’: Under bombs in Lebanon, Americans feel abandonedwww.aljazeera.comsolo@slrpnk.net to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square76fedilinkfile-text
Critics say the US rushed to evacuate its citizens in Israel last year. For Lebanon, the response has been much slower.
minus-squarenightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·2 months agoI get what you’re saying. It frustrates me that anyone thinks citizenship matters when it comes to civilians getting bombed.
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·2 months agoI mean morally it doesn’t, but it should matter for the US that it’s citizens are getting bombed. More than just a moral failure, America not acting to protect those citizens indicates its failure as a state. It’s very much worth pointing out.
I get what you’re saying. It frustrates me that anyone thinks citizenship matters when it comes to civilians getting bombed.
I mean morally it doesn’t, but it should matter for the US that it’s citizens are getting bombed. More than just a moral failure, America not acting to protect those citizens indicates its failure as a state. It’s very much worth pointing out.