"how dare they". Because targeted assassinations are murder. They are barbaric and in contradiction to the rule of law. And with the civilian "casualties" in Beirut and Tehran it would be appropriate to condemn them as acts of terror, because that is what they are.
Tryptaminev
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"violence evolved from student protests"... There is myriads of videos of the police attacking peaceful protests. This wording makes it seem, like the protestors were responsible, when they were victims of brutal police crackdowns.
Wasn't the last US aid package some 60 Billion dollars or so? Assuming thats for a year, that would make it about 5 Billion a month. So even if every drone would cost 5.000 Dollars, it would add up to about 10% of that budget.
And from what things in Ukraine look like, we hit a new era of warfare, with a change similiar in scope to the invention of the machinegun.
My experience is more people having those devices on top of having laptops. I don't know a single person in Uni that does not have a laptop at all. At last when it comes to writing reports or thesis you just need a proper keyboard device.
Meanwhile gaming and also PC gaming has become much bigger over the years, which keeps driving computer sales.
You make it sound like a bug instead of a feature. But for the capitalist ruling class it is working exactly as intended.
Dying during Hajj has always been a risk historically. Imagine you'd make the way from Afghanistan or Gambia to Mekka in the time before cars and planes. People were on the road for years, and the roads back then were a very different story.
Also for nowadays it needs to be kept in mind, that people often safe up a very long time, to afford doing Hajj. So by the time they saved enough money for it, they are quite old, which increases the risk of dying from heat.
If Biden just stumbled into politics 15 years ago, maybe one could say that. But he made staunch support for Israel integral to his political career for over 40 years. And he also didn't hold back on the "why". It is to serve US interests which for the Middle East have been destabilization and brutal violence.
They are worse than cops. They are glorified for being vigilantes, who have no protocol or rules to observe.
I think you are overestimating the precision of unguided rockets. Lets eyeball this:
Lets assume the rocket flies ten kilometers, which is on the short end of things. As it is subsonic, it at best could reach a speed of 300m/s (hypersonic is above 343 m/s). Since we are looking at an arc for the shape, lets assume a launch angle of 30°, making it a fairly flat arc. So the speed in ground direction then only is 86% which is cos 30° or in total 260m/s. So that rocket has to fly at least 38 seconds.
Taking just a sideways wind, assuming a gentle breeze on the beaufort scale, at about 4.5 m/s, that would result in a deviation of 171m over the 38 seconds. But now you get wind from the back or the front, which gives the rocket upwards or downwards drift. Or the wind isn't perfectly sideways, so it actually changes the direction the propulsion is pushing too. Over such a range you also get changing wind speeds and directions...
You face the same thing with artillery. Which is why it is usually used in batteries and to cover an area, rather than hit a specific target. Although Artillery is easier in the sense, that the propulsion happens right in the beginning and is aimed correctly.
If we are talking guided missiles, it is a very different story, although i would be suprised if Hezbollah had access to GPS guiding or similiar high precision tools.
Anyone remember the Eyjafjallajökull outbreak in Iceland?