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> it would be justified, no? It's never justified to trigger explosives when you have no idea where said explosives are. What if the dude if hugging is kid/wi

> it would be justified, no? It's never justified to trigger explosives when you have no idea where said explosives are. What if the dude if hugging is kid/wife/mom ? What if he's picking up his kids from school, visiting the local food market, &c. What if he's driving and end up crashing in a bunch of people walking on the sidewalk

xdennis 2y ago
That sounds nice, but by that logic no bomb would ever be fired. Under international law collateral damage must not be excessive, but it is permitted. If it was unacceptable, evil armies would do what they want and good armies would never fire a shot.
- lm28469 2y ago
  When you drop a bomb you at least know where it's going, here you have no idea. Look at what's going on in Ukraine, if you can't tell a good from a bad shit you have to get your eyes checked. Hitting a column of tank isn't the same as targeting a civilian building Wars are always bad and there will always be war crimes on all sides, it doesn't mean that everything is equal
  - daedrdev 2y ago
    In WW2 20% of US bombs fell within 1000 feet of their target, which were often in densely populated areas. Its only modern technology that lets us know where its really going
    - lm28469 2y ago
      > In WW2 20% of US bombs fell within 1000 feet of their target, which were often in densely populated areas. Its only modern technology that lets us know where its really going Is this supposed to be a gotcha ? WW2 is the reason we updated the Geneva conventions to protect civilians lol
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- OhioMan2943 2y ago
  Do you really want to defend this?
Cody-99 2y ago
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dkarras 2y ago
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dekelpilli 2y ago
> What if the dude if hugging is kid/wife/mom ? Then they also die/get injured. Being in close contact with a terrorist is a dangerous pass-time, and armies targeting foreign threats need to accept some level of collateral damage. In this case, we have thousands of injured terrorists, with hundreds dead, and an additional fraction of those numbers being non-military targets (civilians). It's certainly unfortunate and unpleasant, but this is an excellent ratio.
TheBen1 2y ago
Somebody shared videos: https://x.com/warfareanalysis/status/1836041245996584983/video/4 https://x.com/warfareanalysis/status/1836041245996584983/vid... Looks like bystanders are fine.

xdennis 2y ago

That sounds nice, but by that logic no bomb would ever be fired. Under international law collateral damage must not be excessive, but it is permitted. If it was unacceptable, evil armies would do what they want and good armies would never fire a shot.

lm28469 2y ago
When you drop a bomb you at least know where it's going, here you have no idea. Look at what's going on in Ukraine, if you can't tell a good from a bad shit you have to get your eyes checked. Hitting a column of tank isn't the same as targeting a civilian building Wars are always bad and there will always be war crimes on all sides, it doesn't mean that everything is equal
- daedrdev 2y ago
  In WW2 20% of US bombs fell within 1000 feet of their target, which were often in densely populated areas. Its only modern technology that lets us know where its really going
  - lm28469 2y ago
    > In WW2 20% of US bombs fell within 1000 feet of their target, which were often in densely populated areas. Its only modern technology that lets us know where its really going Is this supposed to be a gotcha ? WW2 is the reason we updated the Geneva conventions to protect civilians lol
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OhioMan2943 2y ago
Do you really want to defend this?

Cody-99 2y ago

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dkarras 2y ago

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dekelpilli 2y ago

> What if the dude if hugging is kid/wife/mom ? Then they also die/get injured. Being in close contact with a terrorist is a dangerous pass-time, and armies targeting foreign threats need to accept some level of collateral damage. In this case, we have thousands of injured terrorists, with hundreds dead, and an additional fraction of those numbers being non-military targets (civilians). It's certainly unfortunate and unpleasant, but this is an excellent ratio.

TheBen1 2y ago

Somebody shared videos: https://x.com/warfareanalysis/status/1836041245996584983/video/4 https://x.com/warfareanalysis/status/1836041245996584983/vid... Looks like bystanders are fine.