It's not like we haven't done this either. I worked for a company in 2005 which was doing this paid for by politicians. Moment I worked this out, I quit.
You can sit there and do nothing and wait for your enemy to paint you in a bad light and the next thing you know your usual political allies are throwing money and aid at your enemy. Or you protect your citizens as best as possible by entering the game. The moral high ground may have a higher body count.
This point applies to both sides for ref. And because it's a war, the rules of fair play go out of the window until people are on trial afterwards.
Speaking of trials: U.S. lawmakers had voted to sanction ICC if it tries to prosecute citizens of the US or it's allies.
I guess it is always one rule for thee and another one for me. So much for rules based order.
It doesn't seem reasonable to me to assume that the main objective of any government is to protect its citizens.
i dont know of a single country that wouldnt do the same in their position.
I mean it'd be nice not to have them but as a species we're stupid animals with stupid ideas so there's no end of it in sight.
I don't agree with any of it for ref.
I mean, if Israel started bombing me, I'd try to garner support from US citizens too? There is a world of difference between that and faking social media accounts