My home town doesn't believe in "industrial parks". In fact, I was kind of confused by the concept in other cities when I left. Factories were surrounded by residential and light commercial areas; most of the men in my neighbourhood when I was young worked at the wheel factory (Kelsey-Hayes) just down the street.
That goes for the main branch of Chrysler Canada's main assembly plant. My grandfather worked there for 40 years, as parts manager, mostly. When Canada entered WWII, that plant was retooled in 24 hours for war manufacturing (ie, tanks and such.) This is why Detroit-Windsor had a number of Soviet warheads aimed at it during the Cold War. These cities were considered a valid military target. And probably still are. Civilians are instrumental in war efforts, and just because they don't fight directly, doesn't mean they aren't important.
There's a difference between civilian manufacturing of military equipment and Civilians DIRECTLY engaging in combat with arms.
Usually, on the 3rd day of a war, you're not already arming citizens, you're evacuating them. Ukraine however, both has according to their propaganda shills, "THE BEST STANDING ARMY NO ONE CAN DEFEAT", and "A NEED TO ARM CITIZENS TO RESIST THE INVADER".
Well, when you arm citizens, you've just drafted them, and they won't be civilian casualties when a tank shells them straight in the face.
My home town doesn't believe in "industrial parks". In fact, I was kind of confused by the concept in other cities when I left. Factories were surrounded by residential and light commercial areas; most of the men in my neighbourhood when I was young worked at the wheel factory (Kelsey-Hayes) just down the street.
That goes for the main branch of Chrysler Canada's main assembly plant. My grandfather worked there for 40 years, as parts manager, mostly. When Canada entered WWII, that plant was retooled in 24 hours for war manufacturing (ie, tanks and such.) This is why Detroit-Windsor had a number of Soviet warheads aimed at it during the Cold War. These cities were considered a valid military target. And probably still are. Civilians are instrumental in war efforts, and just because they don't fight directly, doesn't mean they aren't important.
There's a difference between civilian manufacturing of military equipment and Civilians DIRECTLY engaging in combat with arms.
Usually, on the 3rd day of a war, you're not already arming citizens, you're evacuating them. Ukraine however, both has according to their propaganda shills, "THE BEST STANDING ARMY NO ONE CAN DEFEAT", and "A NEED TO ARM CITIZENS TO RESIST THE INVADER".
Well, when you arm citizens, you've just drafted them, and they won't be civilian casualties when a tank shells them straight in the face.
Agree with your main point, but once you start talking about using nuclear bombs and MAD, the rules of war fly out the window.