(December 16, 2013 at 12:55 am)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:Walk past a starving man, give him money. See a guy about to release nerve gas, stop him. A child being beaten, defend the child.
There's a suspected terrorist in a house full of non-combatants....fire the missile anyway.
It's a lose-lose situation, if you kill him and some civilians they are propaganda (to the tune of 2/3 maybe more) and if you do nothing he makes good on his threat.
I am not saying the resistance to terrorism is the cause for it, don't get me wrong they are the enemy, but can't we develop some orbital death ray that can single out individuals instead.
If we could just tell the civilians somehow that;
"there is a guy among you declaring war on the most technologically advanced battle hardened civilizations in the world, you might not want stand next to him"
They would probably start standing clear, after the first couple.
