It’s disgusting that the limits of liberal empathy amount to: “Obviously it’s good and right that we should commit atrocities, but I’m so very concerned that the way in which we pursue short term atrocities might inspire backlash that would strategically disadvantage our shared goal of committing long term atrocities.”

This was the same shit they pulled during the Iraq war. They didn’t think the war was wrong, they just had “deep concerns“ about how it was being run. They’re upset because they wish it was their finger on the trigger of the gun.