On Thursday, Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL) appeared to suggest that Gaza should be “nuked” like Japan was during World War II in response to the shooting in Washington DC that killed two Israeli embassy staffers.

The congressman was asked [in an interview on Fox News if the shooting should change the course of Israel’s onslaught on Gaza. “Well, I think it speaks to the importance of the only end of the conflict is the complete and total surrender by those who support Muslim terror,” Fine replied.

“In World War II, we did not negotiate a surrender with the Nazis, we did not negotiate a surrender with the Japanese. We nuked the Japanese twice in order to get unconditional surrender, that needs to be the same here,” Fine added.

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    Fine is a former gambling industry executive who drove loyalty programs to prey on gambling addicts. And before that he worked at McKinsey and Lehman Brothers.

    As of we needed any more evidence that this guy was a piece of shit.

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    This fucking MAGA Putz has been a Florida State Senator for a while now, being a total dick about everything, but he was only known to Floridians. For instance, in February, he introduced a bill to allow college studenta to carry firearms on campus (Florida recently lowered the age of handgun ownership to 18), and a month later, a guy shot up the FSU campus in Tallahassee, killing 3.

    Now he gets to inflict his MAGA assholery on the entire nation.

    You’re welcome.

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    “In World War II, we did not negotiate a surrender with the Nazis, we did not negotiate a surrender with the Japanese. We nuked the Japanese twice in order to get unconditional surrender, that needs to be the same here,” Fine added.

    Never trust anyone who traffics in rhetoric like this, full stop.

    All wars have negotiated ends because they are called genocides when they don’t.

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      In World War II, we did not negotiate a surrender with the Nazis, we did not negotiate a surrender with the Japanese.

      We did both of these

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        Yes, and why was it not mentioned immediately after his quote in this article, let alone challenged immediately after he said it? Historical illiteracy is so common in news reporting. It’s embarrassing.

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      and why does he care so much, hes not even israeli!

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    Wouldnt nuking Gaza be really really bad for Israel too? Its not like the fallout gonna stay in Gaza.

    This shit isnt just malicious, its maliciously stupid.

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    Collective punishment is a war crime.
    Indiscriminate use of force is a war crime.
    Disproportionate use of force is a war crime.

    He’s openly calling for war crimes. Send him to The Hague.

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      Unfortunately, back in the Bush years, a little while before the second gulf war, they passed a bill to invade the Hague if Americans got tried there. Folks will have to seek justice through other channels.

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        That would require soldiers to willingly invade the Hague.

        I don’t think the US military would do it.

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    So he gets to call for nuking Gaza, and that gets him a major news story and top of Lemmy. Whereas I call for nuking Israel and my comment is deleted and I get a Lemmy ban. This is fucked!

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      More effective to call someone a useless fuck than a useless fat fuck. Don’t care if you’re making fun of a Nazi, weightshaming is not effective, funny, or useful and just makes other people you weren’t meaning to hurt feel bad