> The alternative is carpet bombing, including all the civilians nearby. I would say this mode of thinking is the real problem; the alternative to war is diffe

> The alternative is carpet bombing, including all the civilians nearby. I would say this mode of thinking is the real problem; the alternative to war is different war. There is a peace-shaped hole in your view of what is possible in the world. With regard to the "precision" of munitions, I've found this talk illuminating. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpiZTvlWx2g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpiZTvlWx2g The precision of munitions is not the problem. I'm sure the hellfire missiles fired from predator drones are as precise as a very good team of engineers could manage. I'm sure the intelligence that was acted on was as precise as the spies and analysts could manage. They are still killing an unknowable number of civilians and writing them off by a sort of guilt by association - you had the audacity to be standing in the vicinity of someone who was in contact with people we don't like, so that makes you an enemy combatant.