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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago (2 children)

You've also just cemented the idea that the West is evil in the families and friends of those 52 innocent people, thereby ensuring a steady supply of fresh new "terrorists".

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago

And the global war on terror continues forever, and "defense" budgets increase forever. All as planned.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Killing 52 civilians to get one terrorist seems like a bit of a fuck up though.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

yeah that's because that's not what happened, there were multiple targets, not just one. that signal chat directly mentions "mutliple targets", it could be 5 it could be 15. if goldberg stayed in this chat maybe we'd know how many exactly

weapons mix suggests that at least some of these were chosen to limit collateral damage (two F18 sorties, Tomahawks launched - these could be used against hardened targets, like bunkers or caves, and targeting shifted from weapons to leadership, but probably not completely - but also drones, and drones can't carry heavy weapons like F18 can)