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> One side also said nuke them. Good point. What happened was that one loud-mouth politician said that, and was immediately censured by their party. Remember

> One side also said nuke them. Good point. What happened was that one loud-mouth politician said that, and was immediately censured by their party. Remember: one side is minimising, the other side is maximising civilian deaths. Guess what would have happened if someone on the maximising side had suggested nuking the other side. Would they be censured, or applauded?

dragonwriter 3y ago
> Remember: one side is minimising, the other side is maximising civilian deaths. One side is tactically maximizing civilian deaths in its manner of immediate combat, the other side is strategically maximizing civilian deaths, by its long-term management of the broader conflict (longer, in fact, that the immediate opposing party has existed; in fact, the strategically maximizing party was instrumental in bringing its immediate opposing party into existence as part of the strategy of maximizing long-term civilian harm and preventing peace.)
isitmadeofglass 3y ago
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