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>Are there any "pure" civilian targets then, or is absolutely anything a legitimate military target? Welcome to the fundamental ethical dilemma underlying the

• krapp 3y ago
  I think the debate as such is around insurgent warfare, where you're not fighting organized, unformed armies so much as bands of militias and guerillas, and the line between combatant and civilian is entirely transactional. Total war stopped being a thing once it became certain the next one would lead to global nuclear annihilation.
• whimsicalism 3y ago
  At least in terms of international law this debate has been over for about a century when you are fighting a uniformed military.