[clucas]

> You're arguing that if a country is attacked, it's ok to kill civilians that are unrelated to the attack?

How on earth did you get that from my comment? Can you think of a more charitable way to interpret what I said?

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> Edit to add: Also, Israel was actually attacked, and civilians were raped, kidnapped, and murdered. Did any of the protestors in Iran kill, rape, or murder any of members of the regime who subsequently slaughtered them?

So you're not saying that what Israel is doing is less bad due to the fact that it was attacked? So what are you saying then?

I guess that no, I can't find a more charitable way to interpret what you said.

[clucas]

>> From now on, every time anyone says anything about Iran, I'll be pushing the narrative that "whatever Iran did, it was to defend itself".

> Israel was actually attacked

I was responding to your claim that Iran was defending itself... Whether or not Israel responded disproportionately to October 7 (it did), I don't think it's fair to say Iran's actions are "self-defense" in the same way that Israel's war was self-defense.