• a US State Department spokesperson disputed the claim. “While the situation is fluid, so far, indications are that the five killed were not US citizens,” they told CNN

    I was worried for a second that Israel might actually face some consequences for murdering children this time, but if they weren’t Americans then I’m sure all is forgiven.

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      USS Liberty and Abdulrahman al-Awlaki already happened. I don’t think there’s anything (short of invading/nuking the continental US) that could force the US to actually punish Israel anymore.

      • the mistake is seeing israel as a seperate entity rather than a vessel/part of the U.S., 5 American cirizens weren’t killed by a foreign country, they were killed by U.S. occupation forces in the middle east, just like how cops kill U.S.citizens all the time

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          I agree, hence the mention of al-Awlaki which was the US killing a US citizen (and child) but it was okay because he was brown.