Joe Brunoli
2 min readOct 2, 2024

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My goodness. So much bullshit and lies it's difficultl to know where to begin.

Firstly, the "Axis of Resistance" are not lunatics. They are an alliance of freedom fighters united to resist the brutal occupation of Palestinian and Lebanese lands by Israel. Hamas and Hezbollah are the front, the actual, official "Resistance Movements" fighting to expel Israel and keep them out. They are supported by the Houthis and Iran, as well as several other factions. They are coordinated, and act in concert in a decidedly sober, moderate and calculated way - desp[ite the frequent and outrageous - not to mention illegal - provocations by Israel, such as targeted assassinations of their leaders, even in Damascus and Teheran.

Secondly, I believe that it is perfectly reasonable and responsible for Iran and Hezbollah to fire ballistic missiles on Tel Aviv. Israel is firing many, many more such missiles on Southern Lebanon and Beirut, as well as other Lebanese cities.

FYI, the attack that killed Hasan Nasrallah included dropping 84 "bunker buster" 2000-pound bombs on a Beirut neighborhood. Sure, the Israelis got Nasrallah and his commanders, but they destroyed 4 apartment blocks and killed 1000+ innocent civilians in the process.

As a matter of policy, Israel targets civilians. This is, of course, a war crime, but since Israel is a criminal regime, they have actually codified this war crime and made it official IDF practice. It is called the Dahiya Doctrine. There is even a Wikipedia page on this illegal practice, where they explain:

"The logic is to harm the civilian population so much that they will then turn against the militants, forcing the enemy to sue for peace"

Hezbollah, by contrast only targets military objectives. For example, in Tel Aviv, Hezbollah targeted the Mossad HQ (Israel's CIA), as well as the HQ of Unit 8200 (Israel's NSA). They also hit the Nevatim Airbase.

In fact, if you compare the number of cross-border strikes between Israel and Lebanon since October 7, 2023, you see a huge difference not just in the number of strikes, but especially in the number of civilian dead:

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/25/mapping-10000-cross-border-attacks-between-israel-and-lebanon

So, NO, I most certainly do not support the indiscriminate firing of missiles at civilian populations, which is why I oppose Israel, who make it a standard operating procedure to target civilians.

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Joe Brunoli
Joe Brunoli

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