US asks Qatar to 'turn down the volume' of Al Jazeera news coverage

Post by id00 » Sat, Oct 28, 2023, 9:06 PM UTC

whatshisface wrote: post #50

id00 wrote: post #48

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I know what I'm doing, and I don't see myself advocating for genocide. Can you help me to understand where do you think I do that?

The organization of the gunmen has created a situation where military victory comes at incalculable moral cost. Probably intentionally. It is a deep personal test to see which outcome one thinks means "letting them win." Personally I do not believe it is conscionable to drop a bomb on a bank where the staff is being held hostage even if it would probably hit the robbers.

Post by id00 » Sat, Oct 28, 2023, 11:25 PM UTC

whatshisface wrote: post #52

id00 wrote: post #51

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There is a reason why most of governments don't negotiate with terrorists. Nothing good even came from other tactics in the long term.

There's a huge difference between not rewarding hostage takers with ransom and killing the hostages to kill the ransomers.