That’s an opinion piece. It attempts to “infer” the purpose of bombing from select statements like a Presidential speech. It’s not all that convincing. But r

That’s an opinion piece. It attempts to “infer” the purpose of bombing from select statements like a Presidential speech. It’s not all that convincing. But regardless the point stands. Proportionality is a subjective rather than objective measure. The paper claims that “less than 10% of the individuals killed were military personnel”. Ok, so what percentage makes the bombing legal? 50%? 90%? What if based on all available information the death toll was estimated at 90% but it turns out to be 70%? Is it still illegal? And could you even reliably determine the number? Is someone in the military a civilian because they took their uniform off and went home for the night?