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I can't agree with this enough.

Granted the comparison of countries with drug houses is a little simplistic. :)



How about"The same way that we call the cops on the guy we think is running a drug house, we bomb << entity >>. :-)

It's complex enough to make the point, but I certainly do appreciate that it isn't that straightforward in the real world.


Even at the local level, this is problematic - it's depressingly easy to find reports of incorrectly targeted police action. In such a case, the security-first approach (of both the police and the homeowner) has resulted in wrongful arrests and death not withstanding everyone acting in good faith.

Correspondingly, enforcing internal or external security with absolutist certitude virtually guarantees a serious error sooner or later.


You are missing my point.




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