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The Civil War of scorched earth was a war against the civilians and cities. We can describe what you said in the manner described. However, I imagine the citizenry didn't oppose the prior tactics only because they didn't know about them. In any respect, war against civilians has been part of warfare since the Babylonians and Assyrians, the Huns and many others. Once the civilians through tv became aware of the activities, the citizenry became horrified, but it has always been with us.
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"The damage done by Sherman was almost entirely limited to the destruction of property. Though exact figures are not available, the loss of civilian life appears to have been very small.[42]" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tecumseh_Sherman
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The conundrum is this: if we exalt the preservation of civilian life above every other principle, then an enemy need only mix in with them while he carries on his operations with impunity. I think it is an untenable position to say that civilian lives should never been taken. The question is only when is it appropriate to do so and when is it not.
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I think I may be changing my mind...maybe Israel should go in. It will be bloody on both sides, a real war. It may be important for Israel to not let Hezbollah win (or claim to win).
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Its just a really tough position for Israel. Their enemies have realized over the last few decades that there is no way they can defeat Israel with conventional warfare.
So now its like UtahDan said. These bastards mingle in with the civilian population, teach their people its noble to strap a bomb to themselves and blow up a bus full of Jews. This is real secret combination shit, and it is going to be interesting to see if Israel and the the rest of the nations who choose to fight terror can figure out how to win. Terror = secret combinations. |
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The hostilities are going to resume at some point, so the death, destruction and loss of life are just postponed. The choice is not between peace and war, because there isn't going to be any peace as long as Hezbollah has one rocket left to fire. It seems like that a lasting peace can only come of them being defeated thouroughly. How the hell you accomplish that I have no idea, but it seems to me that you can't do it through an air campaigne which is basically all Israel has done at this point.
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