This is absolutely insane and should make anyone consider how the hyper-connected nature of our technology can open up dangers never considered. Like your phone blowing up in your pocket in a coordinated cyber-attack.#Israel #Hezbollah #Warhttps://ars...
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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸replied to Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 last edited by
@Setok @britt Turn it around. If Iran declared war on the USA and planted a bomb in the pocket of 2000 US Serviceman all over the United States regardless of whether they were on duty or off duty, at home, or at a military base, in a grocery store or in a public toilet, and they blew them up.
That's OK now?
Because that's what Israel (presumably) just did.
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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸replied to Kristoffer Lawson last edited by
No, collateral damage is a singular, or at most a number of bombs in an area target a military target and there happen to be civilians in that area that are killed.
What we saw today was the inverse. A Hyper-targeted attack of individual people (who may or many not be affiliated with a militant group) being attacked in any and all areas, public, civilian, military or whatever causing what is essentially a widespread mass casualty, distributed event.
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Kristoffer Lawsonreplied to Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 last edited by
@chris @britt it being OK or not is different from it being indiscriminate. If Iran were to do that it would not be indiscriminate.
Would it be OK (from a war tactic POV, forgetting for a moment I’m no fan of Iran)? I honestly haven’t yet decided.
It would depend in part on how badly bystanders are injured, though the attack would have elements of terrorism.
If the US had a button that would have done the same to Al Qaeda commanders, would they press it?
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Kristoffer Lawsonreplied to Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 last edited by
@chris @britt sure, it was spread geographically. But I don’t really see any difference from a bomb strike in terms of collateral. I don’t see why geographical spread matters. What matters is how it affects others.
It all depends on how much and how badly collateral were hit. And that we don’t know yet.
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@Setok @britt geographical spread matters because there is a strong concept of proportionality and specificity in international law, otherwise, there is no concept of a safe place for civilians. It turns an entire country into a battlefield. Only a nuclear weapon currently has that kind of indiscriminate spread, though obviously this has less force.
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