This is what the U.S. calls a “proportionate” response to the downing of an Apache helicopter: destroying reservoirs that leave 20,000 people without water.
“Staying below the threshold of escalation” yields not deescalation, let alone peace, but atrocities like this.
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Trying to stay under the threshold of retaliation only ends up prolonging a war. Biden and Trump make the same mistake with Iran