The United Nations (U.N.) condemned a recent attack by Israel on a convoy of ambulances leaving a Gaza hospital. “I am horrified by the reported attack in Gaza on an ambulance convoy outside Al Shi…

  • @samokosik@lemmynsfw.com
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    12 years ago

    Civilian causalities will be always there but at some point it may not be worth to kill that many people for finding a single military target.

    E.g. I would never support throwing a nuclear bomb at Qatar just because those sons of bitches are hiding there, despite the fact I would no longer like to see them in this world.

    • TinyPizzaOP
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      02 years ago

      What is your acceptable ratio of civilian to target then?

      • @samokosik@lemmynsfw.com
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        02 years ago

        That’s my personal opinion and is not really relevant.

        However, so far the numbers were not higher than in other wars.

        • TinyPizzaOP
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          02 years ago

          The past wars in Gaza or the proportion of civilian deaths in wars in general? I understand that it’s your personal opinion that’s why I was curious. 1/5, maybe 1/10? That’s not a lot, is it? Do you feel that changes with the importance of target? Does it have to be important targets or are there acceptable numbers that you’d attach to any combatant?

          • @Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
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            12 years ago

            Not OP, but this is just a bunch of hypothetical nonsense. Any scenario would vastly change the numbers. Say it’s a Rogue terrorist group with multiple nuclear weapons, that is set on launching in 24 hours… the allowable civilian casualties could be almost as high as a total city population. Too many variables for your question.

            • TinyPizzaOP
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              02 years ago

              I’m asking for their opinion, how is that nonsense? I was specific in the context of the situation, so there really aren’t that many variables. I even volunteered the main things that would account for exceptions. What would you say with the specifics at hand?

              They said they do have an opinion on it. They mention those numbers aren’t out of line with previous conflicts, so does that make the current ratios normal? If we’re here to discuss these topics, then why not this one? How is this anymore taboo then a thread about an ambulance convoy being targeted?

          • @samokosik@lemmynsfw.com
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            02 years ago

            Deciding how many civilians can be killed for each target is for another discussion. Ideally the lower the number is, the better. That’s unfortunately not possible though

            • TinyPizzaOP
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              02 years ago

              Would a ground campaign of selective engagement of hostile targets not lower that number? I mean, when someone shoots at you, or has a gun or is in front of you in a terror tunnel (hostages not withstanding) doesn’t that lead to a much lower toll? Israel fields one of the best trained and equipped forces in the world. How could they not have conducted this with the support of very limited/targeted strikes? This is a legitimate question that is being asked globally. You don’t think what I just laid out was possible?