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27. You are saying the UN lied. If so, then what is the correct number?

Reply to MarineCombatEngineer (Reply #19)

Thu May 22, 2025, 10:28 AM

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Your reply is highly impertinent, unlike mine.

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Debunked: UN official's claim 14,000 Gazan babies could die in 48 hours was untrue [View all] lapucelle Wednesday OP

what a shock. AZLD4Candidate Wednesday #1

I'm sure that any moment now... Richard D Yesterday #3

Apologies for the plan to wipe Gaza off the face of the map? iemanja Yesterday #4

Apologies by the UN for their spokesman spreading propaganda. lapucelle Yesterday #10

Apologies for lending unconditional support for incompetent lying leaders at the UN. Beastly Boy Yesterday #13

Wow. Richard D Yesterday #16

My post is supposedly deplorable iemanja Yesterday #25

Delusional Richard D Yesterday #31

for this topic, this is a strawman. This is about the UN lying, not Israel. Please stick to the topic AZLD4Candidate Yesterday #18

I am on topic iemanja Yesterday #21

No, I want to keep the discussion on the topic of the OP. You are trying to muddy the waters. AZLD4Candidate Yesterday #69

Hey, you know, when the facts don't fit the narrative, MarineCombatEngineer 23 hrs ago #70

Agree. It seems the tenor of the argument is "I don't care where the information comes from or if it's been debunked, AZLD4Candidate 23 hrs ago #71

This message was self-deleted by its author iemanja Yesterday #24

K&R rollin74 Wednesday #2

What number of starving babies is acceptable? Intractable Yesterday #5

Sorry, that doen't work on me. This story is about a UN official making a fabulist claim lapucelle Yesterday #6

Sorry, that doesn't work on me. Intractable Yesterday #8

How interesting to frame fabulist propaganda as an "exaggeration" lapucelle Yesterday #11

Post removed Post removed Yesterday #12

How does counting dead babies mitigate pervasive lies and incompetence coming from UN? Beastly Boy Yesterday #14

You tried that already. It didn't work. lapucelle Yesterday #17

You think you won an argument? Intractable Yesterday #29

There is no argument to win because you are not making an argument. lapucelle Yesterday #56

At this point, you are just trying to up your post count. Yes, the UN lied. Intractable Yesterday #64

Oh, what the hell... lapucelle Yesterday #57

Quit the propaganda iemanja Yesterday #23

Delusional Richard D Yesterday #67

That line is best directed at the UN spokesman who spread his fabulist propaganda on a BBC radio show, lapucelle 23 hrs ago #72

Boom. 💙🌈 Cha 21 hrs ago #79

And that happened here in the US JustAnotherGen Yesterday #37

a legitimate claim with the wrong time line stillcool Yesterday #52

At best, it's a fabulist lie. At worst it's outright propaganda lapucelle Yesterday #58

the demographic? The prognosis? stillcool Yesterday #60

The UN propagandist named the demographic as "babies" lapucelle Yesterday #66

What number of outright lies by UN officials is acceptable to you? lapucelle Yesterday #7

None. But they are all lying, aren't they? Intractable Yesterday #9

UN is lying and using fake death numbers. Like the lies from Hamas, they are discrediting themselves and your own posts Beastly Boy Yesterday #15

None of this is okay with me. That's why Israel has to stop. They are creating the next generation of hate Intractable Yesterday #30

Israel has to stop because UN is lying? Beastly Boy Yesterday #47

Israel has to stop the war -- period. D'uh! Intractable Yesterday #65

I notice you didn't say anything about HAMAs stopping the war, MarineCombatEngineer Yesterday #68

Israel are genocidal madmen. Hamas are righteous freedom fighters. AZLD4Candidate 20 hrs ago #80

And there it is, MarineCombatEngineer Yesterday #19

You are saying the UN lied. If so, then what is the correct number? Intractable Yesterday #27

I just made an observation that you're trying like hell to distract from the actual thread MarineCombatEngineer Yesterday #34

Again, you are impertinent. Intractable Yesterday #36

If you think I'm impertinent, then don't read my posts or use the ignore function on DU. MarineCombatEngineer Yesterday #39

"never mind, your definitely not worth my time." Intractable Yesterday #40

Walking away from a rabbit hole and someone using failing to see things as debunked does win an argument AZLD4Candidate 21 hrs ago #74

Zero, but what number of brazen, lying UN officials is acceptable? Mysterian Yesterday #20

I see. So, dead babies are acceptable, but UN lies are not. Gotcha. Intractable Yesterday #26

What part of "zero" did you not understand? Mysterian Yesterday #28

I wrote "none" also. But that was above. It's okay if you don't read everything, yes? Intractable Yesterday #33

Your post does not cogently reply to mine Mysterian Yesterday #35

Please read the upthread. Nothing new is happening here. Intractable Yesterday #38

They got their intifada globalized. Richard D Yesterday #22

The UN claim was wrong, lying is wrong. gab13by13 Yesterday #32

Why immediately jump to believe they were lying? AloeVera Yesterday #44

What do you call saying one thing one day Beastly Boy Yesterday #53

29 kids and elderly starved to death in recent days. On top of the 57 children already starved since the siege began. AloeVera Yesterday #41

"propagandizing the UN mistake is disturbing and serves Netanyahu's agenda of ridding Palestinians from Gaza" Intractable Yesterday #43

This thread is about a patently false claim made by a UN official. lapucelle Yesterday #45

Actually the good thing is that there may not be 14,100 children in danger of immediately dying. AloeVera Yesterday #48

Better, there may not be 24,200 children in danger of dying. Beastly Boy Yesterday #63

That it is. A well-worn tactic, as I said in post #44. AloeVera Yesterday #46

The only distraction is your constant vilifying Israel when it was HAMAs that started this whole current shitshow. MarineCombatEngineer Yesterday #50

In that case you might want to remove the rec on my post. AloeVera Yesterday #54

A Lie Can Travel Halfway Around the World While the Truth Is Putting On Its Shoes Jose Garcia Yesterday #42

And that was back in the 1800's. madaboutharry 21 hrs ago #76

The UN seems to have problems with numbers. republianmushroom Yesterday #49

The UN's Humanitarian Chief had the numbers right stillcool Yesterday #51

Killer post. AloeVera Yesterday #55

thanks... stillcool 22 hrs ago #73

I did not realize "malnutrition" & "dying" were the same thing EX500rider 21 hrs ago #77

Whenever Israel is mentioned, causing a bad hair day could be considered a war crime to some. AZLD4Candidate 21 hrs ago #78

I once answered a help wanted ad. It promised compensation of $14,000 for 48 hours of work. Beastly Boy 3 hrs ago #88

Nuance can easily become a weapon Torchlight Yesterday #59

There may well be 14,000 kids in danger of dying. AloeVera Yesterday #61

In that article, they claim statements from world food organizations, yet only quote people involved in the Hamas-led AZLD4Candidate 21 hrs ago #75

Yup the UN messed up then later Eko Yesterday #62

They messed up, then blamed Israel, created a shitstorm in the media, and only then clarified their mistake Beastly Boy 8 hrs ago #81

There are mistakes and then there are mistakes. Eko 6 hrs ago #82

Ah, adeflection! How ordinary! Beastly Boy 6 hrs ago #83

You call it a deflection. Eko 6 hrs ago #84

Sure. You also call lying a "mistake" Beastly Boy 6 hrs ago #85

Neither you nor I have any idea if it was a lie or a mistake. Eko 5 hrs ago #86

"I tend to give people the benefit of the doubt" Beastly Boy 5 hrs ago #87