thats such a bs argument. literally any nazi could’ve been like “i was just killing one person at a time, i didnt intend to eradicate an entire people”. there’s a reason we didn’t allow the “just following orders” defense to pass
“special intent” is a horrible definition of genocide bc intent is near impossible to prove. also intent doesnt really matter, outcome does. there’s no real difference between dropping a nuke on Gaza bc u want to eradicate all Palestinians and dropping a nuke on Gaza “to kill one Hamas guy”. there’s only a difference to libs who want to live in a fantasy world where hitler was some once-in-a-millennium cosmic evil while the IDF is just trying to secure the existence of israel and a future for Jewish children