Things are exploding in Israel and the Gaza Strip, and the two Middle Eastern militaries responsible are shit-talking online. In English. On Twitter. When did the horrors of warfare start resembling angry Selena Gomez fans?
https://gizmodo.com/israel-announces-war-campaign-via-twitter-updated-5960528
Brinksmanship and bluster used to take place between world capitals on encrypted channels. Now, the No, you’re gonna die! is delivered in public through a free web service. Israel is also using Twitter to spread videos of its recent aerial assassination of a prominent Hamas leader, and tell us to check out its Flickr feed, where it’ll be posting war updates.
You were right, General Sherman. [via mims]
