But what about the non-criminal carnage, espesh of noncombatants, that is licensed by IHL? Isn't that often majority of victims?
Yeah, without a doubt. I just wish media coverage and elite debate were about *more than the atrocities, and addressed strategy–
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that would mean, from US pov, "what deals can be cut w/ Russia, Iran, Hezbollah, Assad to stop slaughter? At what price?"
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Same w/ US war in Afghanistan. Much coverage of US bombing hospital–as is right–but odd silence over war itself, what is and…
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…what isn't at stake; why US troops are still there; what the desired strategic outcome is and what it costs.
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i.e. I think the failure to think broadly is structural--something that bright minds are unlikely to change on their own
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