Next step. Acknowledge, that those things happen.
Then find the trade off that makes it necessary.
By what means? Lesser of two evils principle, usually.
The U.S. military has refused to keep a tally of Iraqi deaths. General Tommy Franks, the man in charge of the initial invasion, bluntly told reporters, “We don’t do body counts.” One survey found that most Americans thought Iraqi deaths were in the tens of thousands. But our calculations, using the best information available, show a catastrophic estimate of 2.4 million Iraqi deaths since the 2003 invasion.
https://www.salon.com/2018/03/19/the-staggering-death-toll-in-iraq_partner/The number of Iraqi casualties is not just a historical dispute, because the killing is still going on today. Since several major cities in Iraq and Syria fell to Islamic State in 2014, the U.S. has led the heaviest bombing campaign since the American War in Vietnam, dropping 105,000 bombs and missiles and reducing most of Mosul and other contested Iraqi and Syrian cities to rubble.
Then find the trade off that makes it necessary.
By what means? Lesser of two evils principle, usually.
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