21 sats \ 2 replies \ @petertodd 15h \ on: Hezbollah Didn't Verify security
The alternative is airstrikes, which would have killed far more bystanders. Likely tens of thousands.
This is probably the most precisely targeted large scale counter terrorism operation in history. Hardly anyone who wasn't a target died or even was injured. It's a truly remarkable achievement and the fact that Israel isn't getting credited for it just shows that nothing they do will ever be good enough; the opposition to Israel doesn't really believe Jews have a right to exist.
It's on Hezbollah for letting this happen. They've either gotten lazy or have been corrupted. But to set them off like that knowing 100% that innocent people would be nearby is f$cked up.
I really think that we don't want to normalize this kind of attack as we head into a more divisive world. The iPhone is predominantly used in the west, so why not make that a booby trap? Cars or computer, everything could be one. It changes everything if we need to check and verify all devices entering your country.
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But to set them off like that knowing 100% that innocent people would be nearby is f$cked up.
Every time soldiers in urban areas are taken out by airstrikes we know full well that civilians might be killed too. Yet it's done anyway, because if you don't, they can hide amongst innocents forever.
...and frankly, a lot of the time those "innocents" really aren't that innocent...
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