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They don’t have to look that far. There’s decades of precedent in the Gaza Strip.

Don't forget Iraq. 6000 civilian dead in the first 2 months of shock and awe.

Compare the rates of civilian death too

at a higher level, ISIS was largely made up of former high-ranking Iraqi intelligence officials

There will be new terrorists anyway as even UN institutions teach kids to repeat the cycle. Otherwise an attack like this has to net a response, if only to destroy infrastructure so future attacks are mitigated.

It won't end the terror of course.

It’s a senseless cycle.