We shall have lost something as a species if we are neither surprised or disgusted by "the things that happen in a war."ibm9000 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 03, 2023 3:56 pm There is a "counteroffensive" if there is an offensive. When was the last time we had anything bigger than "limited attacks"? (Attack/counterattack not offensive/defensive war.
Unless you use the war part. (This one is just another war, we shouldn't be surprised about the things that happen in a war; any war).Australia and Oceania...
The best outcome in any conflict is that it is resolved peacefully. The next best is if war fare is confined to military contestants. The worst is when a deliberate tactic of terrorizing a civilian population is employed. To fail to distinguish between the two latter outcomes is an exercise in false equivalency.