2024-04-04 An eye for an eye
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I often think about the number of dead killed in an incident and the
number of dead killed in the reaction. It's not really revenge but a
sort of "we can strike back so we should" and then people don't know
when to stop.

Personally, I find that "an eye for an eye" is terrible advice.

I have no words for "a hundred eyes for an eye."

Think about Gaza in 2024: over 30,000 dead in half a year.

> As of 5 March 2024, over 31,000 people (30,228 Palestinian and 1,410
> Israeli) have been reported as killed in the Israel–Hamas war,
> including 94 journalists (89 Palestinian, 2 Israeli and 3 Lebanese)
> and over 136 UNRWA aid workers.
>
> On 7 October 2023, 1,139 Israelis and foreign nationals, including
> 764 civilians, were killed, and 248 persons taken hostage during the
> initial attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip. – Casualties of the
> Israel Hamas war

30228 Palestinians dead after the original incident killed 1139 is
more than 25:1.

I wonder about Iraq, too: 300,000 dead in over 20 years.

> Documented civilian deaths from violence: 187,116 – 210,566
>
> Total violent deaths including combatants: 300,000 – Iraq Body Count

And why?

> Another justification included the alleged connection between the
> regime of Saddam Hussein and that of terrorist organizations such as
> Al-Qaeda that had attacked the United States during the September
> 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. – 2003 invasion of Iraq

The original incident:

> Excluding the hijackers, the attacks killed 2,977 people, injured
> thousands more … – September 11 attacks

300,000 dead after the original incident killed 2,977 is more than
100:1.

The two seem somehow related, I just can't put it into words. High
tech weapons against civilians, drones, city warfare, a population
that hates the invader, news so terrible I can't even finish reading
the Wikipedia articles.

Oh, and out of curiosity, I had to look up the situation in Ukraine,
too.

> Ukrainian forces: ~70,000 killed, 100,000–120,000 wounded (US
> estimates) … Russian forces: ~120,000 killed, 170,000–180,000
> wounded (US estimates) … the United Nations confirmed that by 31
> January 2024, 10,378 civilians had been killed and 19,632 had been
> injured, but said they believe the real number is higher. –
> Casualties of the Russo-Ukrainian War

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