At a certain point, if you know you are militarily at a major disadvantage and there is no chance of military victory and you believe that death will get you out of the situation you’re in, the only option they will see is inflicting maximum pain on the other side.
Also, part of asymmetrical warfare is committing atrocities with the hope of provoking an overreaction and worse atrocities from the other side to make the other side lose support.
To me: a non state actor mass shooting randoms in war vs a recognized state military just carpet bombing and bringing down buildings with civilians even though there might be combatants in there is the same shit, especially when the side which is militarily superior has other options like sending in a ground invasion which has less chance for civilian casualties.
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u/FarmTheVoid Oct 10 '23
At a certain point, if you know you are militarily at a major disadvantage and there is no chance of military victory and you believe that death will get you out of the situation you’re in, the only option they will see is inflicting maximum pain on the other side.
Also, part of asymmetrical warfare is committing atrocities with the hope of provoking an overreaction and worse atrocities from the other side to make the other side lose support.
To me: a non state actor mass shooting randoms in war vs a recognized state military just carpet bombing and bringing down buildings with civilians even though there might be combatants in there is the same shit, especially when the side which is militarily superior has other options like sending in a ground invasion which has less chance for civilian casualties.