Originally Posted by
J. Barron DeJong
Too much to comment on since I was away!
Two things:
I believe mcphee stated my position as being any bombing of Gaza would be a war crime. (Apologies if I have the wrong person, or misstating.) That isn’t my position. Indiscriminate bombing, a la Dresden (or at least what most people think of when they hear Dresden) is probably a war crime (probably because I haven’t gone to verify the law here), but even if not a war crime, I’d personally consider that immoral.
But if it’s a legitimate strategic military target, then that gets into the decision process that was detailed in the thread from the Israeli soldier that I posted. I believe in that case it’s not necessarily a war crime (though again, haven’t checked the law) even if there is an expectation that civilians will be killed.
The second thing is: once again today I find myself on the same side as Rod. Weird.