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The organization of the gunmen has created a situation where military victory comes at incalculable moral cost. Probably intentionally. It is a deep personal te
by whatshisface 3y ago
The organization of the gunmen has created a situation where military victory comes at incalculable moral cost. Probably intentionally. It is a deep personal test to see which outcome one thinks means "letting them win."
Personally I do not believe it is conscionable to drop a bomb on a bank where the staff is being held hostage even if it would probably hit the robbers.
- id00 3y agoThere is a reason why most of governments don't negotiate with terrorists. Nothing good even came from other tactics in the long term.
- whatshisface 3y agoThere's a huge difference between not rewarding hostage takers with ransom and killing the hostages to kill the ransomers.
- id00 3y agoAgree, and I don't think Israel has a goal to kill hostages but to eleminate Hamas no matter the cost
- whatshisface 3y agoSure, but if that comes at the cost of the hostages they're killing the hostages to kill the ransomers.