Reply to post: Re: What goes round, comes around

Iran is doing to our networks what it did to our spy drone, claims Uncle Sam: Now they're bombing our hard drives

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Re: What goes round, comes around

> (Look no further than the sanctions, which kill people just as effectively as bombs - if more deniably).

I completely disagree with that claimed equivalence.

You are effectively claiming that doing anything to dissuade rogue nations is equivalent to war. Should we just go straight to a shooting war, or should we ignore everything that happens until it's our turn to be invaded?

Sanctions aren't as quick or effective as dropping bombs, and there certain a valid debate about how effective they are and how they are best implemented, but most people prefer them to a combat-focused conflict.

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