During a United Nations Security Council meeting this week, U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield launched a full-throated condemnation of Russiaās bombing of Ukraineās largest childrenās hospital on Monday. The attack was a part of a Russian bombing campaign that killed more than 30 Ukrainian civilians.
āWeāre here today because Russia ā¦ attacked a childrenās hospital,ā Thomas-Greenfield said. āEven uttering that phrase sends a chill down my spine.ā
Thomas-Greenfield went on to list a string of Russian attacks on other Ukrainian hospitals throughout the war. She described Russiaās aggression as a ācampaign of terrorā and labeled its attacks on civilian infrastructure as violations of international law. Representatives of other countries, such as the United Kingdom and France, echoed Thomas-Greenfieldās denunciations. (Russiaās ambassador denied responsibility for the Monday bombing.)
āIām very glad the U.S. is coming out and so vocally condemning all of those actions,ā said Jessica Peake, an international law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, referring to Thomas-Greenfieldās comments toward Russia. āBut at the same time, we donāt get any language anywhere near as strong as that when weāre talking about Palestinian hospitals, or Palestinian schools, or Palestinian children.ā
Let me repeat: Even if Hitler, Mao, Stalin and Pol Pot were hiding where children are, you do not bomb your way through children to get at your target.
See, it really is that simple, no discussion or comparisons needed.
No, Iām afraid not. I wish it was that way, but itās not true. Otherwise any army could protect itself from bombardment with human shields, which is not the case.
Every opportunity will be used and abused, whatever you think of as despicable, it will be used. So that is never an argument to stop fighting for what is right.
Find another way to get at your enemy. Yes, it will be harder then dropping a bomb but such it the cost of going to war and having the opinion to not turn 5 year olds into a red mist.
Yes, that is preferable when possible. I think this is why they raided some of the hospitals with ground forces instead of bombing them, which they could have. The outcry would have been too intense for such an unethical strike.