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[–] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

50 civilians killed indiscriminately per 1 hostage freed. And that's not counting everyone that's already been killed in this war.

I think anyone with a shred of morality is heavily conflicted by this. Saving hostages? Great. Killing 50x as many people as those saved? Not great. Not great at all.

It naturally leads itself to the question we're all thinking -- was it worth it?

And I think many of us have the same answer, although we may not like it -- no. It pains me to say it, but it would've been better to let them stay hostage for longer while developing a plan which wouldn't kill civilians.

[–] Lyrl@lemm.ee -1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately, the alternate option was not "let them stay hostage a while longer". It was "let the hostages die". And maybe that would have been the more ethical call. But let's not delude ourselves that they could have been kept alive any other way.

[–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

Or you know, a hostage swap. But let's hope everyone forgot about that.