Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoWait a minute, we've been going about this all the wrong way!slrpnk.netexternal-linkmessage-square230fedilinkarrow-up11.34Karrow-down196file-text
arrow-up11.24Karrow-down1external-linkWait a minute, we've been going about this all the wrong way!slrpnk.netTrack_Shovel@slrpnk.net to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square230fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMouseKeyboard@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoYeah. Two civilians dead for every one militant is fairly typical for asymmetric warfare.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoWhere are you getting those numbers?
minus-squareMouseKeyboard@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoVague memory, but on looking it up, it’s even worse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian_casualty_ratio https://press.un.org/en/2022/sc14904.doc.htm
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoI’m sure that’s true in general, but given the pagers and radios were being either held or worn by the target, I’d say this attack would have been much better.
minus-squareMouseKeyboard@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoYes, that is exactly what I was saying.
Yeah. Two civilians dead for every one militant is fairly typical for asymmetric warfare.
Where are you getting those numbers?
Vague memory, but on looking it up, it’s even worse
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian_casualty_ratio
https://press.un.org/en/2022/sc14904.doc.htm
I’m sure that’s true in general, but given the pagers and radios were being either held or worn by the target, I’d say this attack would have been much better.
Yes, that is exactly what I was saying.