Steven Bonnell (Destiny)
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I also do, actually.
I also do, actually.
I also do, actually.
Can I respond to something relating to the Lebanon War? I looked up the book that he got this from and what the quote was from. It sounds cold to say it, but war is tragic and civilians die. There is no war that this has not happened in in the history of all of humankind.
Can I respond to something relating to the Lebanon War? I looked up the book that he got this from and what the quote was from. It sounds cold to say it, but war is tragic and civilians die. There is no war that this has not happened in in the history of all of humankind.
Can I respond to something relating to the Lebanon War? I looked up the book that he got this from and what the quote was from. It sounds cold to say it, but war is tragic and civilians die. There is no war that this has not happened in in the history of all of humankind.
The statement that Israel might take care not to target civilians is not incompatible with a diary entry from someone who said they saw civilians getting killed.
The statement that Israel might take care not to target civilians is not incompatible with a diary entry from someone who said they saw civilians getting killed.
The statement that Israel might take care not to target civilians is not incompatible with a diary entry from someone who said they saw civilians getting killed.
I think that sometimes we do a lot of weird games when we talk about international humanitarian law or laws that govern conflict, where we say things like civilians dying is a war crime or civilian homes or hospitals getting destroyed is necessarily a war crime or is necessarily somebody intentionally targeting civilians without making distinctions between military targets or civilian ones.
I think that sometimes we do a lot of weird games when we talk about international humanitarian law or laws that govern conflict, where we say things like civilians dying is a war crime or civilian homes or hospitals getting destroyed is necessarily a war crime or is necessarily somebody intentionally targeting civilians without making distinctions between military targets or civilian ones.
I think that sometimes we do a lot of weird games when we talk about international humanitarian law or laws that govern conflict, where we say things like civilians dying is a war crime or civilian homes or hospitals getting destroyed is necessarily a war crime or is necessarily somebody intentionally targeting civilians without making distinctions between military targets or civilian ones.
I think that when we analyze different attacks or when we talk about the conduct of the military, I think it's important to understand that.
I think that when we analyze different attacks or when we talk about the conduct of the military, I think it's important to understand that.
I think that when we analyze different attacks or when we talk about the conduct of the military, I think it's important to understand that.
Like, prospectively, from the unit of analysis of the actual military committing the acts, what's happening and what are the decisions being made, rather than just saying retrospectively, oh, well, a lot of civilians died, not very many military people died, comparatively speaking, so... It must have been war crimes, especially when you've got another side.
Like, prospectively, from the unit of analysis of the actual military committing the acts, what's happening and what are the decisions being made, rather than just saying retrospectively, oh, well, a lot of civilians died, not very many military people died, comparatively speaking, so... It must have been war crimes, especially when you've got another side.
Like, prospectively, from the unit of analysis of the actual military committing the acts, what's happening and what are the decisions being made, rather than just saying retrospectively, oh, well, a lot of civilians died, not very many military people died, comparatively speaking, so... It must have been war crimes, especially when you've got another side.
I'll fast forward to Hamas that intentionally attempts to induce those same civilian numbers because Hamas is guilty of any war crime that you would potentially accuse. And this is according to Amnesty International, people that Norm loves to cite.
I'll fast forward to Hamas that intentionally attempts to induce those same civilian numbers because Hamas is guilty of any war crime that you would potentially accuse. And this is according to Amnesty International, people that Norm loves to cite.