On Thursday, Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL) appeared to suggest that Gaza should be “nuked” like Japan was during World War II in response to the shooting in Washington DC that killed two Israeli embassy staffers.

The congressman was asked [in an interview on Fox News if the shooting should change the course of Israel’s onslaught on Gaza. “Well, I think it speaks to the importance of the only end of the conflict is the complete and total surrender by those who support Muslim terror,” Fine replied.

“In World War II, we did not negotiate a surrender with the Nazis, we did not negotiate a surrender with the Japanese. We nuked the Japanese twice in order to get unconditional surrender, that needs to be the same here,” Fine added.

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    Wouldnt nuking Gaza be really really bad for Israel too? Its not like the fallout gonna stay in Gaza.

    This shit isnt just malicious, its maliciously stupid.

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    Collective punishment is a war crime.
    Indiscriminate use of force is a war crime.
    Disproportionate use of force is a war crime.

    He’s openly calling for war crimes. Send him to The Hague.

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    Fine is a former gambling industry executive who drove loyalty programs to prey on gambling addicts. And before that he worked at McKinsey and Lehman Brothers.

    As of we needed any more evidence that this guy was a piece of shit.

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    So he gets to call for nuking Gaza, and that gets him a major news story and top of Lemmy. Whereas I call for nuking Israel and my comment is deleted and I get a Lemmy ban. This is fucked!

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    “In World War II, we did not negotiate a surrender with the Nazis, we did not negotiate a surrender with the Japanese. We nuked the Japanese twice in order to get unconditional surrender, that needs to be the same here,” Fine added.

    Never trust anyone who traffics in rhetoric like this, full stop.

    All wars have negotiated ends because they are called genocides when they don’t.

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      In World War II, we did not negotiate a surrender with the Nazis, we did not negotiate a surrender with the Japanese.

      We did both of these

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        Yes, and why was it not mentioned immediately after his quote in this article, let alone challenged immediately after he said it? Historical illiteracy is so common in news reporting. It’s embarrassing.

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    Maybe he should be nuked? Oh noes did I advocate violence?