Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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Intent to Kill

Laid out in considerable detail, this post explores what happened to the deceased Gaza activists.  This is an excellent example of a basic premise: if you want captives, send police; if you want corpses, send soldiers.  Their training is different, and you get what you pay for.

I do not consider Israel a civilized nation.  (I wish it would have been, but sheesh and baksheesh, Germany  is accruing beans faster on the civilized side of the scale.)  I sincerely wish that America would stop sending money there.  It is funding atrocities.  This costs America a lot of civilized beans.
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xiphias

Re: Thoughts

xiphias

June 6 2010, 22:37:24 UTC 11 years ago

>> The problem is that its entire military is 18 to 20 years old -- including many of the people in decision-making capacities.<<

Ah, that explains much. They're all still razor-sharp from training ... haven't had time to wear down to a more versatile selection of fillet knives, steak knives, and axes. Not enough time to build experience, either.

More than that. The pre-frontal lobes of the brain, which, among other things, allow things like "proportional response", aren't fully developed until one's early twenties.
ysabetwordsmith

Re: Thoughts

ysabetwordsmith

June 7 2010, 07:16:53 UTC 11 years ago

>> More than that. The pre-frontal lobes of the brain, which, among other things, allow things like "proportional response", aren't fully developed until one's early twenties. <<

I would say that doesn't help; it's a contributing factor rather than a determining factor. People younger than that can show proportional response; I've done it, and I've seen others do it. We are not our bodies; they influence us, but do not wholly limit us.