War is hell. We can argue degrees i guess, but not sure it matters much. Seems sort of silly to ask for a "kinder, gentler....ground offensive".
On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 12:30 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson <jmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I don't think these munitions are meant to "minimize casualties". They are > pretty much "kill people but leave buildings intact" anti-personnel > weapons. > > And I think the rational goes "we warned civilians we were going to shell > there. anyone outside after that is fair game". > > I don't quite buy that, but we are now in an ground actual war, where this > kind of shelling to suppress any hostiles outside of cover before > soft-shelled friendly troops enter is common doctrine. It may not be right, > but it is war, and normal. > > > On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 12:56 PM, Vivec <gel21...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > And this is how Israel tries to prevent civilian casualties. > > By using ammunition that is specifically designed to cause as much damage > > as possible, to as many people as possible. > > Can anyone explain this? > > > > > > > http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/israelgaza-conflict-israeli-military-using-flechette-rounds-in-gaza-strip-9617480.html > > > > > > ᧠> > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:371801 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
