But the gist of it is: tanks and jets are weapons that inflict damage on large areas. But you can’t use a tank to patrol streets. You can’t use a jet to profile civilians or use them to search for weapons. And every civilian is potentially an armed combatant.
Now, couple this with the fact that all those Jet pilots and tank operators have family in these cities. Or know of others who have family in these cities. The likelihood of them just indiscriminately firing into civilian crowds, knowing friends or family might be in there drops significantly. They aren’t machines or robots. Would you fire into an American population even if you were ordered? I wouldn’t. The “I was just following orders” line never ever works once the dust settles.
The write up I read provides waaaay more detail. This is just what I remember off the top of my head.
I do somewhere. I’ll look and post.
But the gist of it is: tanks and jets are weapons that inflict damage on large areas. But you can’t use a tank to patrol streets. You can’t use a jet to profile civilians or use them to search for weapons. And every civilian is potentially an armed combatant.
Now, couple this with the fact that all those Jet pilots and tank operators have family in these cities. Or know of others who have family in these cities. The likelihood of them just indiscriminately firing into civilian crowds, knowing friends or family might be in there drops significantly. They aren’t machines or robots. Would you fire into an American population even if you were ordered? I wouldn’t. The “I was just following orders” line never ever works once the dust settles.
The write up I read provides waaaay more detail. This is just what I remember off the top of my head.