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The Sin of Moral Equivalence
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A Shia Islam sect called Hashshashins were carrying out terroristic assassinations in late 11th century. But in contrast to current islamistic terrorists, they were quite a lot more civilized, as their targets weren't so much civilians. But they did carry out asymmetric strikes from a position of weakness, which sounds similar to how current radical islamists fight.
Whether this has anything to do with the current strikes is questionable, but I thought it's an interesting history which might hint at some underlying meme.
I'm obviously not a military tactician, but I cannot see how a war like this could be waged without causing civilian casualties -- when the enemy is deliberately using civilians and civilian structures as shields like Hamas.