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by JoeyBananas 1861 days ago
Realistically there is no such thing as a war without the destruction of civilian assets. What do you suggest Israel should do if Hamas is firing rockets at them from within a city?

There are a lot of people who do want to blow each other up and that's just life

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> There are a lot of people who do want to blow each other up and that's just life

Right, but the notable intersection with US policy for non-Israeli folks like me is that the responds then becomes: maybe we should stop buying them bombs to do it with.

As I mentioned, right now the people with the bombs on both sides of that border have a very clear built-in incentive to use them. Take the incentive away and let's see what happens.

> Realistically there is no such thing as a war without the destruction of civilian assets

What are those treaties for?