• Candelestine@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I don’t think you need to be an anthropologist to figure out that attacking someone’s civilians nearly guarantees counterattack. We still needed the oil out of the region back then to boot.

    • Maggoty@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      Shockingly it doesn’t. You’re also not taking into account his radicalization. Which allows for a lot of irrational beliefs.

      • Candelestine@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 years ago

        That is actually a fair criticism. I simply don’t think it’s as strong an influence over strategic thinking. In any decent thinker anyway.