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To: Navy Patriot

A military target, being critical for military logistics, it is entirely fair game, and this has been part of the customs of war for thousands of years.

And, of course, turnabout is fair play.


2 posted on 10/08/2022 8:32:36 AM PDT by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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To: buwaya

Correct.
Valid target, but the other side always gets a turn.


4 posted on 10/08/2022 8:35:43 AM PDT by redgolum (If this is civilization, I will be the barbarian. )
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To: buwaya

> A military target, being critical for military logistics, it is entirely fair game... <

Yep. During the Civil War, both sides burned bridges. And during WW II everybody bombed bridges, and factories, and rail yards, and etc. All of those targets had civilians present. Billy Sherman was correct. War is hell.


5 posted on 10/08/2022 8:37:34 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: buwaya

This was meant to be a prolonged encounter. If the ukraine and its allies were serious about preventing death and destruction this would have been targeted months ago.


7 posted on 10/08/2022 8:40:56 AM PDT by 100%FEDUP
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To: buwaya

There was also an explosion on a train in Ilovaisk, in the Donetsk region.


12 posted on 10/08/2022 8:52:30 AM PDT by popdonnelly (All the enormous crimes in history have been committed by governments.)
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To: buwaya
And, of course, turnabout is fair play.

If you break into my house and assail me, every action I take in defense of myself is right, while every action you take to counter my doing so is wrong.

31 posted on 10/08/2022 9:23:33 AM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham ("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
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To: buwaya

However that would be an attack against Russia. Zelensky once again trying to get a full throttled war between NATO/US and Russia.


49 posted on 10/08/2022 10:00:44 AM PDT by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......Augustine)
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To: buwaya

For months now analysts have been speculating that Ukraine has been leaving this bridge intact to offer Russia a retreat route. Putin’s recent mobilization has taken retreat off the table, so the bridge is becoming more of a liability than an asset.


82 posted on 10/08/2022 11:43:29 AM PDT by nagant
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