A quick thread on the intensity of Israel's invasion of Gaza. Language about "precision strikes" can distract from understanding just how intense the aerial campaign was.
Strategic bombing of civilian infrastructure was a staple of the Allied WW2 strategy. The estimated death toll among the civilian population was 350k-500k, on a population of 80m, so about 0.4-0.6% over a period of 3 years.
If the Gaza death toll is ballpark accurate, 8000 deaths on 2m inhabitants is 0.4% in *three weeks*.
Even if you were to discount the official death toll by half we are still speaking about a devastation that took years of bombing in WW2 in 3 weeks.
This is a reminder that *there are no precision strikes in a densely populated city*. While I appreciate Israel's efforts (lawyers overseeing strikes etc), the truth is: If the strategic bombing campaigns of WW2 were terrible, this is the same terrible, at a faster rate.
@Nfoonf the statement that "99.9% of Germany was never bombed" is simply false when measured by population (which you have to do because nobody cares if you bomb an empty area). It's *even false when measured by area*, which is an achievement.
The Ruhrgebiet alone harbored more than 5% of the German population and *was* carpet bombed.
I know it's difficult to engage soberly with the facts in these heated times, but please try.
HalvarFlake
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