Re:Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon
by xdennis on Tuesday September 17, 2024 @12:19PM
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That sounds nice, but by that logic no bomb would ever be fired. Under international law collateral damage must not be excessive, but it is permitted. If it was unacceptable, evil armies would do what they want and good armies would never fire a shot.
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Re:Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon
by papiomytoglou on Tuesday September 17, 2024 @04:12PM
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"Evil armies" and "good armies". This is the level of discourse we're at.
Re:Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon
by lm28469 on Tuesday September 17, 2024 @12:33PM
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When you drop a bomb you at least know where it's going, here you have no idea.
Look at what's going on in Ukraine, if you can't tell a good from a bad shit you have to get your eyes checked. Hitting a column of tank isn't the same as targeting a civilian building
Wars are always bad and there will always be war crimes on all sides, it doesn't mean that everything is equal
Re:Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon
by daedrdev on Tuesday September 17, 2024 @03:40PM
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In WW2 20% of US bombs fell within 1000 feet of their target, which were often in densely populated areas. Its only modern technology that lets us know where its really going
Re:Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon
by lm28469 on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @07:08AM
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> In WW2 20% of US bombs fell within 1000 feet of their target, which were often in densely populated areas. Its only modern technology that lets us know where its really going
Is this supposed to be a gotcha ?
WW2 is the reason we updated the Geneva conventions to protect civilians lol