An Algorithm For War, Ctd

A former military analyst writes:

Rosenbaum's analysis was interesting but his framing isfatally misconceived.  He talks about "murdering civilians,"which is always a war crime - no need to hand-wring about drones there.  Iused to present target packages complete with information that helpedcommanders judge how many civilians we were likely to kill if we blew up thehouse.  We used our own 'algorithms' to decide what level of (estimated/projected) collateral damage was acceptablegiven military...