Israeli army's new YouTube strategy may have backfired

[markessien]

In my opinion, there should be a little live webcasting camera in every bullet and missile. When everybody can view every single bullet hitting every single victim in slow motion, I believe there will be greater distaste for war.

It would be quite a task to load balance the video database though.

[homme]

Need a new hosting solution though, youtube is not playing fair:

http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/7n4re/graphic_vide...

[jbrun]

As discussed here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=414225

Lets hope it takes off - pun intended.

[IsaacSchlueter]

This isn't about politics or any kind of /(pro|anti)(israel|semitism)/. It's about technology, PR, and how the new media is disruptive to governments and society.

It absolutely belongs on HN.

[fallentimes]

While I don't agree with qqq, this has turned in to a witch hunt. Come on guys, he has a history of posting good stuff. Down modding everything he writes in to oblivion isn't going to help.

PG's right though...politics bring out the worst in everyone.

[hezi]

yeah, the secondary explosions in the video look exectly like an innocent track of Happy Birthday helium balloons

[qqq]

No politics. No anti-semitism. Go away. Flagged.

[pg]

Following the sentence "no politics" with one equating criticism of Israel with anti-semitism is a bit hypocritical. It does show why stories that intersect with politics are dangerous though; the topic seems to bring out the most irrational in people.

[nir]

BBC is not anti semite (though it is anti Israeli, according to its own report: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Balen_Report)

Anyway, I second "no politics" and flagging this. Take it to Reddit.

[vaksel]

how come any time anyone criticizes Israel, people instantly label them Nazis who want to throw jews into ovens?

And wtf really...the source is BBC, not some Hitler loving blog