“Officials said that Israel and Egypt were prepared to let foreigners leave the Strip which is under heavy Israeli bombardment, but Hamas had refused.”

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    8 months ago

    Fewer civilian casualties is literally the reason the US started using drone strikes instead of boots on the ground.

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      8 months ago

      Dude. They started using drones because there’s no congressional hearing when a drone is shot down in some random African country. But you lose one green beret and there’s years of hearings. That’s why we went to drones.