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Don’t lots of supposed just wars cause massive amounts of damage to civilian lives and property?

• naasking 5y ago
  Civilians are never targeted deliberately except in extreme circumstances, like the World Wars.
  • pasabagi 5y ago
    Really? I don't know of a single war off the top of my head that didn't have many high-profile incidents of militaries targeting civilian infrastructure (with people inside).
    • naasking 5y ago
      Collateral damage is not deliberate targeting. Targeting civilians that are not participating in the conflict is against the Geneva Conventions: https://guides.lib.unc.edu/militarylaw/armedconflict https://guides.lib.unc.edu/militarylaw/armedconflict
      • pasabagi 5y ago
        Yeah, I know the 'rule'. The least messy war that comes to mind is the first gulf war, and that had loads of direct targeting of civilians[0]. Most wars (second gulf, various israeli wars, etc) are way worse. I cannot in fact think of a single example of the rule being followed, can you? If you consider a really bloody war, like the korean war, they killed a fifth of the population of north korea, and destroyed basically every single piece of civilian infrastructure. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War_air_campaign https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War_air_campaign