War is always nasty. To believe that everyone adheres to the “rule book” is pure folly.
No doubt that both Russia and Ukraine have committed war crimes. No one is innocent on the field of battle.
Exactly. Human rights monitors report this stuff because it’s their job. Seasoned ones know it’s just part of war in these circumstances, particularly in some parts of the world. At the same time, if the other side strikes those same civilian areas, they report that, too, but note there were military targets among the civilians.
“No doubt that both Russia and Ukraine have committed war crimes.”
Rules? In a civil war anywhere? The distinguished Civil War historian James McPherson has estimated that there were 50,000+ civilian deaths during our civil war, and has concluded that the overall mortality rate for the South exceeded that of any country in World War I and all but the region between the Rhine and the Volga in World War II. War = death...death = fear and a desire to stop the war, hopefully.
Extreme result = no war. Now we’re back to if good and evil exists and which side is which or are they both the same? And are the people making moves around them the same, also?
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