>>63983045Because the people who DO know have no idea how to explain it
Academia is very good at explaining things
>>63982994 (OP)This paper is a stealthy way of trying to pin the blame on Israelis for Gazan casualties, which i suppose is pretty verboten in German academia
The discussion of "autocratic war" is merely a front for that
This argument is made through a series of dubious equivalencies and glossing over the limitations of the subject
TLDR,
>Saudis are tyrannically evil, we all know that>Saudis killed a lot of Yemenis>Americans and Brits are more restrained so they are not evil>Israelis killed a lot of Gazans*>Therefore they are more like Saudis>ThereforeAnd this is the stealth conclusion hinted at but only indirectly stated,
>Israelis are tyrannically evil like the Saudis, not like Americans and Brits, despite using precision guided munitionsThe paper briefly mentions the main issues with this argument, which are:
>Gaza is orders of magnitude more densely populated than Yemen>Hamas shot first>Hamas uses civilian shields, and bases in hospitals and refugee camps>Casualty figures are from Hamas sources>Hamas troops are dressed in civilian clothing and are included in civilian casualty countsHow reliable would the results of a laboratory experiment be if you can't tell the experiment specimens from the control?
Well this paper does it anyway and stands by its conclusions without even discussing the possible error factor in its findings
It's basically a hit piece masquerading as a research paper
But written in academicese so you can't tell