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There’s a sadistic element here with the footage. It’s torturing an animal at the very end. There should be a clear rules of surrender here. Indiscriminate bom

There’s a sadistic element here with the footage. It’s torturing an animal at the very end. There should be a clear rules of surrender here. Indiscriminate bombing is a major sin. We have no way of litigating the current war criminals, but ICC has warrants out on some. There’s a sadistic element to cutting off food and water.

crazygringo 2y ago
> There’s a sadistic element here with the footage. It’s torturing an animal at the very end. Not intentionally. It takes time for the drone operator to target. There's no torture. And drone attacks are the complete opposite of indiscriminate bombing. > There should be a clear rules of surrender here. That would be wonderful if it were possible. But how on earth could you implement it in practice? These attacks take place on Russian front lines, often kilometers away from Ukranian front lines. The drone has enough battery to quickly fly out with a heavy explosive and attack. It doesn't have enough battery to slowly escort a soldier walking back across the no-man's-land. And even if it did, Russian forces would surely be ordered to shoot deserters. Putin doesn't care about losing lives, as evidenced by the entire war. You can't individually surrender when you're on your own front lines. You have to make it to your enemy's controlled territory first. (An entire unit can surrender, of course, but that's effectively giving your unit's territory to the enemy first. An individual soldier doesn't have territory to give.)