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Reducing collateral damage in military operations is a great reason for more US spying, not less.

It’s actually pretty remarkable that we even think about a single individual dying by accident these days. Great argument for how carefully the US conducts warfare.



Well yeah, if it's one dead boy, it's a tragedy, when it's 500k, it's statics, and all of them don't get their own wiki pages.

https://www.newsweek.com/watch-madeleine-albright-saying-ira...

So, US was at war with yemen? Pakistan? Iran? When?


The US was at war with a non-state actor who committed an act of war against its civilians. State-to-state warfare is not the only form that has ever existed.


So if eg. iran bombed obama, because obama killed a bunch of civilians with drones (well.. gave orders), that would be ok and acceptable?


Is war ever “ok and acceptable?”

Leaders of militaries are targeted all the time during conflict.




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