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In reply to the discussion: The Isolationist Left Needs to Get Real. And Fast. [View all]Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)And those people will not give a shit that it's the US and not IS.
And spare me the "intent" argument. it's an argument that is utterly preposterous. One, because again, the people being killed don't give a fuck what your intent is, but more importantly, because your intent absolutely IS to kill as many civilians as you can.
Do you know what a bomb is? What they do, how they function? if not, a bomb is a weapon that explodes. Usually in the form of a concussive wave of air around a fireball, with the entire thing filled with shrapnel from the bomb itself and stuff caught in the blast. That blast, barring physical barriers impeding it, is going to be as close to a sphere as it can get. And everyone and everything caught within that area, is going to have a bad time. as I explained to your friend before, we have not invented a bomb that can only hit "bad guys."
do you know what a town or a city is? In loosest terms it's a patch of terrain where a large number of people live, work, and reside. it's a place full of homes, businesses, infrastructure, and importantly, people. Lots of people. often numbering in the thousands, all the way up to millions in the case of some cities.
Do you know what happens when you drop bombs on cities? I can tell you're not an especially creative or imaginative person, so allow me to lay it out for you - when you choose to drop bombs on a city, you are intentionally using a weapon that is by intent going to kill or maim a large number of people, on a location just chock full of people.
There is no argument that you can possibly make, that deaths caused from dropping bombs on a city are 'unintentional." it's a full-of-shit argument, espoused by people who have more hate than brains.
For instance, the core city of this "Islamic State" is Rakka, in Eastern Syria. it has a population of roughly three hundred thousand. Sicne our president has publically declared that Syria has no right to sovereign territory and will be bombed whenever the US goddamn feels like it, we can be pretty sure that Rakka will be pummeled with bombs.
Each of those bombs intentionally built to do this.
So yes, spare me your "intent" bullshit.