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Originally Posted by Flames Fan, Ph.D.
The calculus of war is what the very smart people talked about while scratching their chins and explaining to us why the US had to go into Iraq. They did all the math! But lo and behold, they all look like murderers now with millions dead or displaced with no nuclear weapons recovered and the mastermind Saddam hiding in a dirt hole in the countryside.
You should also watch Morris’s Fog of War with McNamara. He too scratched his chin, spoke of nuance, and assured everyone he did all the calculations for Vietnam. But at the end of the day, there were just dead humans.
So spare me talks about nuance. We’re watching humans butcher other humans. Those trying to explain why it must be so are aiding and abetting the slaughter. It’s not complicated.
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Just to be clear. You think there is no amount of civilian death acceptable to kill a person regardless of the threat of the person?
The Ukraine should surrender to Russia to avoid killing civilians?