kravietz 🦇 @kravietz@social.privacytools.io

@freemo @kmic

> add weight to one side of the scale of anykind seems absurd

I can't speak for people who plan offensives on other countries but in historic operations like Iraq insurgence - and civilians with arms are equal to insurgence - was never taken into account. The operations planned for quick conquer of the regular armed countries - which was usually successful, and only then faced insurgence and obviously couldn't back off, only engage.

@freemo @kmic

> more weapons does nothing

I'm not saying it "does nothing". I'm saying it significantly increases number of civilian casualties because the attacking side needs to apply indiscriminate weapons on much larger scale.

@freemo @kmic

In 1st Chechen war Russia started an infamous siege of Grozny in 1993 by simply sending a column of tanks to the town. I don't know what they were thinking (legend is that it was Grachov's birthday) but because they didn't send any infantry cover, Chechens just decimated them with RPG firing from above.

After this failure Russia changed tactic: each offensive on a town started with heavy artillery shelling & air bombing. Then tanks & infantry, killing who was left.

@freemo @kmic

War is not won with a random howitzer, it's won with money and logistics 🤷

@freemo @kmic

Experience of conquer of highly militarized countries (like Chechnya) indicate that the main outcome is high death toll among civilians because the invader just switches to more indiscriminate weapons like artillery or barrel bombs.

@animeirl @eloisa @felix@radical.town @yogthos

A conflict of black antisemites against white racists *and* antisemites against white centrists, including Jews against Jewish nationalists against black centrists against Muslim centrists against Muslim antisemites... creates an interesting dynamic.

Sounds pretty much like the white supremacist plan for total death match to be honest.

Who will pull the trigger first?