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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

So I learned recently countries have a calculation of how many civilians would be acceptable casualties in order to eliminate a high value target.

For example, the US in it's hunt for Bin-Laden, had an acceptable civilian casualty number of 30 to kill him.

Israel just killed 71 and wounded who knows how many more to hit a guy I've never heard of. They say they probably didn't get him, and today I learned they've already killed his family in other strikes and he may have even been dead for years at this point.

The casualty math is gross but I get it. What Israel is doing is pure atrocity. Biden needs to get off Netanyahu and the Republicans' collective dick or we will have Trump cheering shit like this on.