"There was a third claim, that the public is misinformed/misled, but I take issue with that one. I think most people understand that somebody, somewhere is push

"There was a third claim, that the public is misinformed/misled, but I take issue with that one. I think most people understand that somebody, somewhere is pushing the button." True - though the mislead part I feel largely relates to claims of surgical strikes and claims of minimal 'collateral' deaths and injuries. " the terrible things we are doing does not in any way make those things less necessary" What is being done is indeed terrible - though I have yet to see the necessary bit backed up by any coherent numbers.