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Originally Posted by helterskelter808
Okay how about a military base. Is that where you'd hang out if the North Koreans came to town?
Why not use a(n unoccupied) school building, if it's a strategic location? I don't buy the idea that they "hide behind" "human shields". If a battle takes place in an urban area then obviously there are going to be lots of civilians around. It's hardly the right of the aggressor to be moralistic about that, or cry about the enemy "hiding", just because they're not out there like sitting ducks. Not killing citizens is easy, you just don't drop bombs on cities.
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I see what you are getting. Well, I wouldn't be hiding in a school for sure.
If battle takes place in an urban area, at a certain point in time everything is fair game. But if you start stockpiling weapons in classrooms and parking an anti aircraft gun in the middle of the school playground, well, it's no longer a school. It's pretty simple for me - If you shoot from a building or hide in a building, that building is fair game.
You said "You don't drop bombs on cities". Yeah, no, it doesn't work that way. Look at what is happening in Syria right now - they are bombing the shit out of each other. War does not stop because a city gets in the war. War goes right through it.