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minus-squareFlowVoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down9·2 years ago would be considered a military failure by any other western county. I doubt it. Western countries understand that ninety percent of war-time casualties are civilians.
minus-squareFrowingFostek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoIs your argument that the UN considered 90% civilian casualties as a successful mission?
minus-squareFlowVoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down6·2 years agoNo, my argument is that Western armies consider that the expected casualty rate for wartime. The UN prefers zero casualties, and also zero war. But Western armies rarely live up to UN ideals.
minus-squareCount042@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·2 years agoArgument made by an antisemitic genocide justifier. Nazis are in vogue again.
I doubt it.
Western countries understand that ninety percent of war-time casualties are civilians.
Is your argument that the UN considered 90% civilian casualties as a successful mission?
No, my argument is that Western armies consider that the expected casualty rate for wartime.
The UN prefers zero casualties, and also zero war. But Western armies rarely live up to UN ideals.
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Argument made by an antisemitic genocide justifier.
Nazis are in vogue again.