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In reply to the discussion: Israeli strikes kill 492 in heaviest daily toll in Lebanon since 1975-90 civil war [View all]Happy Hoosier
(9,597 posts)1) NO. It's not about worth. In any conflict, the goal is to acheive your objectives with minimal friendly casualties. You can argue about whether or not due diligence is paid to minimizing civilian casualties (and I'd agree that Israel has not done so to the extent it should), but the casualty ratio is completely irrelevent.
2) I disagree with Director Panetta. I think terrorists target civilians. That was not the cas4e here. yes, there were collateral casualties. That's regrettable, and it's why war suck.
So, your turn:
Do you think the US committed war crimes in WWII with its strategic bombing campaign? If so, what was the alternative?
Does Hezbollah carry any responsibility for its refusal to stop daily rocket attacks into Israel? It's interesting to me that you reserve the label of "warmonger" for the Israelis, and I have YET to hear you call Hezbollah that. Care to amend that error?