• xkforce@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The excuse for that during WWII was that we couldnt really guide bombs very well. That doesnt really fly when you can thread a bomb through the eye of a needle. And 10,000+ dead civilians in a matter of days isnt an acceptable price to pay even if it did.

    • Ben@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      For sure, if someone shoots your kid, you must turn the other cheek because they’re gonna dress in civilian clothes and pretend to be innocent when you shoot back. It’s what these pricks have been doing to U.S. troops for years and it’s the reason that civilians are more at risk when fighting animals like this.

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    1 year ago

    That didn’t happen.

    And if it did, it wasn’t that bad.

    And if it was, that’s not a big deal.

    And if it is, that’s not my fault.

    And if it was, I didn’t mean it.

    And if I did, you deserved it.

    And if you didn’t, I’m not the only one doing it <— YOU ARE HERE

  • NOT_RICK@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The smart thing to do when someone makes a mistake is to try to learn from it, not double down

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    1 year ago

    Ah. I see they’ve fallen to Russian propagandist level of arguments.

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      1 year ago

      Actually, it’s the pro Palestinian level of argument. Their usual MO has always been out of context numbers.

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    1 year ago

    It’s refreshing to see the “I know you are but what am I” level of argument at world scale and on the topic of war crimes

  • Ben@lemmy.world
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    Yup, after seeing a University student trying to point out the Civilian toll, I remember WWII - did everyone forget Dresden?

    Laws of war are designed to make it somehow more civilised - but the more we see war, the more we see that it really cannot be ‘more civilised’ and that the ‘fog of war’ is a bitch.