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President Joe Biden was asked by a reporter in Israel on Wednesday what made him confident that the Israelis weren't behind the explosion that killed hundreds at a Gaza hospital on Tuesday.

Biden responded that it was "the data I was shown by my Defense Department."

Two U.S. officials told ABC News the Pentagon independently concluded the Gaza hospital blast was likely caused by an errant Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket that fell short of its target.

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[–] VantaBrandon@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

ITT: I don't need evidence I get my information straight out of the Xitter

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[–] theodewere@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

i believe Hamas would do it on purpose just to make Israel look bad.. it probably wasn't even a mistake.. i mean, they use their own people as meat shields all the time, it wouldn't be a surprise if they bombed their own kids..

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[–] mlg@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Man I can't wait 60 years for the DoD or CIA to declassify these documents that show otherwise.

Seriously you should check out some of the stuff the CIA has declassified. Some insane involvement and coverups of so many incidents, wars, overthrows, uprisiings, etc.

I even learned Chuck Yeager had his personal beechcraft bombed by the IAF, and he was so pissed that he listed it as a PAF loss in his 1971 war report lol. He also confirmed PAF's 3:1 k/d, and interviewed all the captured IAF pilots.

All back when Nixon was running the show, so who knows what other stuff went down.

[–] Orionza@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago (9 children)

You can think whatever you like, but that means you either have to ignore all the evidence indicating that you're wrong, or you have to have additional evidence to prove you're right. You not liking something doesn't count as evidence.

[–] rambaroo@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You don't need counter -evidence if you recognize the source as unreliable and biased, which it is.

The fact that you choose to take the US government at face value doesn't mean anyone else has to.

[–] Doorbook@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Trust the US intelligence and defense capabilities bro. They never fake data or mislead the public. This is not like the time in the past when they fake information to justify foreign policies.

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