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[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Azeri terrorist state bombed Stepanakert with white phosphorus and napalm with no consequences.

BTW, Russia has already used white phosphorus against civilian targets in this war, if I am not mistaken.

Israel is, of course, using those in Gaza.

I'd say legality has long lost its meaning in international relations. Not that it ever had any in this particular regard.

I've read that even not using expansive (those that expand, not those that cost more monies) bullets was not result of any humanism, but of the military logic that a soldier wounded by a conventional bullet stops being a combatant and becomes a logistical burden, while a soldier dead from a gruesome wound just stops being a combatant, possibly helping to motivate his comrades in arms.

[–] mynameisigglepiggle@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ahh, so wound them just enough is the optimal amount of mangling

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yes. This also works with epidemics. Die too quickly - less chance to infect others, being one man short makes your community poorer, which means fewer travelers, which also means less chance to infect other communities.

One reason Black Death led to so much witch hunting and jew burning and talk about divine punishment - many people were immune even when exposed to piles of bodies of infected, while those to get sick would die very fast. That's one way a highly deadly and quickly developing disease can survive, be deadly only to some part of the population. Well, rats and water too.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Fleas not rats! Our poor rat ~~friends~~ acquaintances have had their honor besmirched for too long!