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>Punishing civilians for the actions of its government is absolutely insane and will backfire badly. That isn't always true. Obviously, if the actions of the
by kbelder 5y ago
>Punishing civilians for the actions of its government is absolutely insane and will backfire badly.
That isn't always true. Obviously, if the actions of the government are bad enough, it sometimes becomes necessary to kill many of its citizens. Since that's morally justifiable, lesser economic damage is morally justifiable.
It sucks. They're innocent. If damage can be avoided, great. But if it's necessary, the blame falls on the aggressor nation.
- cgio 5y agoNot sure what you mean. The fact that in the last century or so wars have been having disproportionately high numbers of civilian casualties does not mean that this is acceptable. When is it necessary to kill civilians and what makes it a necessity? And if there is a necessity why is there a war criminal court? I suggest we are careful with the excuses we give, in this case in order to argue “e-casualties” you also argue that if Putin thinks Ukraine is the aggressor he can go after civilians.