An airstrike on a hospital in a rebel-controlled area of Myanmar kills 34 and injures 80
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Media reports and a rescue worker say Myanmar's military carried out an airstrike on a hospital in an area controlled by a leading rebel force, killing 34 patients and medical staff.
    • PhilipTheBucket@piefed.socialEnglish
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      4 days ago

      What have they been doing about Israel / Palestine? Outside of a bunch of protests the West hasn’t been “doing” anything about either one (well, aside from arming the Israelis the whole time).

      Also, it’s not really an either/or if that’s what you are implying. What’s happening in Gaza is so much worse than Myanmar that it kind of makes sense that they would be more vocal about it… but I suspect that outside a handful of openly partisan actors, most people either care about both (because they care about human rights) or neither (because they don’t). Right? Or no? I’m just a little confused about what viewpoint you’re taking here.

        • PhilipTheBucket@piefed.socialEnglish
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          15 hours ago

          Yes. I read the Lancet’s study estimating the total deaths (and then some more recent follow-up ones which come to a variety of conclusions), I read a handful of UN reports past and present in a good bit of detail, I watched some video of what’s actually happening, I read a huge variety of sources including Israel’s and the Arab world’s and US and non-US news sources a lot of which include criticism of the others so you can get a solidly well-rounded idea of what is happening. I’ve had some conversations on Lemmy where someone was swearing that something would happen in the future in some particular way, and I predicted something else, and my prediction was the one that came true because I’m generally on top of what is happening.

          Anyway, what has the West been “doing” about Israel / Palestine? That wasn’t just rhetorical, I’m genuinely asking you what you’re talking about.

          Also what do you mean bringing Palestine into it in the first place (my last question)? Are you implying that someone who does care about Palestine would therefore not care about Myanmar? If that’s what you’re saying that doesn’t make sense to me. Or am I misunderstanding that part, what are you saying?

            • PhilipTheBucket@piefed.socialEnglish
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              14 hours ago

              I’m actively frustrated by the lack of coverage other genocides are getting.

              So you saw a story about atrocities in Myanmar, and your reaction was to get very upset because there’s a lack of coverage of atrocities in Myanmar. Got it. And then you said “no one will do a thing.” Hey, what has the West been “doing” about Gaza? I feel like that’s an important question. If they haven’t been doing anything (aside from deporting Palestine supporters and giving weapons by the planeload), it’s okay to say.

              How many hundreds of Isreal/Palistine protests have happend? How many thousands of people have made an official statement. How many people have lost VISAs and been deported for talking about it?

              One of these things is not like the others.

              This sort of gets to my point: I actually somewhat agree with you about Palestine consuming an outsized reaction compared to other horrible things going on elsewhere in the world and other urgent issues. But there are reasons for that. A lot of those other things, “we” aren’t causing and supporting the whole time it is happening. And, that’s only, as you said, from the population. In terms of what “the West” is doing geopolitically, they’re arming Israel, deporting or denying visas to Palestinian activists, and sometimes giving them prison sentences for speaking up about it. Nobody in “the West” if you mean government is doing shit about it. It’s still happening, just like Darfur, and instead of Anthony Blinken condemning it and putting sanctions on the perpatrators, he’s giving arms to the RSF to the tune of billions and billions of dollars. So to speak.

              You basically can’t say it’s a genocide within mainstream media (New York Times, TV, State Department brief). They’re planning on continuing to stall and help it happen until everyone’s dead. I think that’s why people are upset about it.

              I’m saying its one of several and the only reason anyone talks about it is because jews are on one side.

              Maybe that is a tiny percentage, but most people who hate Jews don’t mind Arabs dying either, and most people at these hundreds of protests you are talking about also have no problem with Jews. A lot of them are Jews. That’s sort of the core of my point: I don’t get how you think that caring about Gaza correlates with not caring about Myanmar. Surely people would mostly either care about both or neither (if we’re talking about the population), right? And the fact that they care and it’s being reported is why we’re talking under a story about Myanmar?

              Anyway, what has the West actually been “doing” about the genocide in Gaza? If they haven’t been doing anything, it’s okay to say. I feel like you keep not really addressing that question.