Try the political quiz
 @ISIDEWITHNewsIsraelGazaIsraeli Palestinian ConflictgovernmentNationalKILLEDWorkersUS military•••2mos ago

Joe Biden declared in January that "if you harm an American, we will respond"

Israel has now murdered Jacob Flickinger, a US military veteran and aid worker, in a targeted triple tap drone strike

Biden responded by calling for Flickenger's killers to investigate themselves.

Jacob Flickinger, 33, was one of seven aid workers for the World Central Kitchen (WCK) non-profit who were killed in Gaza on Monday. The group was delivering aid in Deir al-Balah when a drone-fired missile struck their vehicle, according to the NGO group, in an incident that the Israeli government has described as a “grave mistake.”

Others killed in the strike include Australian citizen Laizawmi “Zomi” Frankcom, Polish national Damian Soból, and Saifeddin Issam Ayad Abutah, their Palestinian driver. Two British workers, James “Jim” Henderson and James Kirby, were also killed in the incident.

16 Replies

 @FerretBobUnity from Arizona commented…2mos2MO

Israel been killing Americans for a while now. Rachel Corrie, 23, USS LIBERTY 34 sailors killed, Tawfiq Ajaq, 17, Shireen Abu Akleh, American Furkan Dogan, 18, Mahmoud Shaalan, 16, Omar Assad, 78 just to mention a few. And every single time no one has been brought to justice

  @Patriot-#1776Constitution from Washington commented…2mos2MO

Joe Biden needs to issue one decree – "Those who enter hostile war zones do so at their own risk. I am not going to drag the United States into war because you decided to be sitting ducks in Gaza." But of course he won't say that, because he wants war.

 @9LBW2GB  from Missouri commented…2mos2MO

So you know what happened and you're okay with the smurder of innocent people trying to save children that are starving

  @Patriot-#1776Constitution from Washington corrected…2mos2MO

I never said I was "okay" with what happened. What I said was that I do not want to hazard MILLIONS of American lives to avenge these couple of people. Is that fine with you?

 @WorriedP0llingPlaceLibertarianfrom Illinois commented…2mos2MO

Well, we're down to begging the dudes who control *half* of Yemen to ease up, please, pretty please, with sugar on top.

I think it's safe to say that the US might actually lack any capacity to "respond" even if it wanted to (not that it does, in the case of mr. Flickinger)

 @WittyVetoPatriotfrom Nebraska commented…2mos2MO

We need to loudly call for prosecution of his killers under the Justice for Victims of War Crimes Act.

This is a perfect application of the statute, originally designed to prosecute perpetrators of war crimes against US citizens.

 @Vot3rVo1ceAuroraForwardfrom Guam commented…2mos2MO

Another American warrior was martyred for Palestine, and Biden, the anti-American Zionist, chose silence

 @DoveAlexaWorking Family from Texas commented…2mos2MO

What's the point of laws and rules, when Governments change them as they go along to suit themselves.

And we all go " what the f......!!!! just happened there.

 @PragmaticChoughWomen’s Equality from California commented…2mos2MO

On top of that, the State Department has already said that it was all a big “mistake,” and that the purpose of Israel's investigation should be “to identify how that mistake happened.”

 @ISIDEWITHasked…2mos2MO

What does it say about international justice when a country is asked to investigate its own actions that resulted in the death of foreign aid workers?

 @ISIDEWITHasked…2mos2MO

If a mistake during a military operation results in the death of foreign aid workers, what should the responsible country's response be to truly address the gravity of the error?

 @ISIDEWITHasked…2mos2MO

How do you feel about the effectiveness of internal investigations by a country accused of wrongfully killing foreign nationals?

Engagement

The historical activity of users engaging with this general discussion.

Loading data...

Loading chart... 

Demographics

Loading the political themes of users that engaged with this discussion

Loading data...