RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 个月前Iran declares U.S. citizens, personnel 'legitimate targets' after strike on nuclear siteswww.haaretz.comexternal-linkmessage-square137fedilinkarrow-up1576arrow-down128file-text
arrow-up1548arrow-down1external-linkIran declares U.S. citizens, personnel 'legitimate targets' after strike on nuclear siteswww.haaretz.comRandAlThor@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 个月前message-square137fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFuckFascism@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 个月前What does that have to do with civilians being legitimate targets in war?
minus-squareGinny [they/she]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 个月前It depends on your definition of “legitimate”, I suppose. My point is that the targeting of civilians is still and always has been common in war. It may now be de jure illegal but it is de facto not policed.
minus-squareFuckFascism@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 个月前The word legitimate has a pretty specific definition it’s not really something that can be reasonably debated.
What does that have to do with civilians being legitimate targets in war?
It depends on your definition of “legitimate”, I suppose.
My point is that the targeting of civilians is still and always has been common in war. It may now be de jure illegal but it is de facto not policed.
The word legitimate has a pretty specific definition it’s not really something that can be reasonably debated.