All Else Being the Same, a Moral Position in War is Untenable

Thank you Con, I shall do the same.Rebuttals: - There are two problems with this ‘perfect ISR’ which I exploited: 1- It only works above the surface, for both Nations are initially, as Pro established in his Rules, living on the 4x4 grid, & not under it, & also, intelligence, surveillance & reconnaissance can’t work underground, because it’s totally cut off from above. 2- If NationA cuts off all communications, it can indeed say: ‘I didn’t know’, & thereby impeding any attempt from NationB to force its hand. - NationA have set all kinds of traps in there, once NationB invades, it will activate them. Occupation is unlikely to happen. - All NationA’s resources have been stored underground. Its nuclear underground reactors can fully supply the city for a long period to time, with also all the sustenance required for that amount of time. - NationA will steal all NationB’s resources (crops, farms, fields, factories, military bases, dams, nuclear plants, rivers, forests) by coming out from under their territory, if they can’t steal it or exploit it, they’ll destroy it by any means necessary. If they can’t get to it, they’ll level it from under the surface. - All access routes are entirely sealed before NationB tries to cut them off, & new ones are opened, & thus unknown to NationA, & each time new ones are opened, they’ll never know what hit them. - These shelters are world class anti-nuclear underground cities, they are indestructible even under a nuclear attack. - NationA will not surrender for real, it will announce its surrender officially to prevent NationB from killing its civilians. - All communications are off, & thus NationB can not dictate anything anymore. - NationB is welcome to capture NationA’s militants if it could. - The civilians of NationA are not involved in this war at all. The death penalty applies for the militants who kill civilians on the other side. As I said: ‘NationA agrees to hand over to NationB any militant who infringes these decrees.’ - The entry points will largely be in the territory of NationB, & so if NationB choses to nuke its own territory that’s fine by NationA. - The tunnels can be anywhere in the 8,000,000 square miles of both territories, & they change constantly. - NationA is so far not interested in shooting the enemy, rather in capturing them. Here is the plan again: > NationA, having built tunnels under NationB too, drafts & deploys most of its Military resources under the surface throughout NationB. > NationA bombards from down the surface all the borders of the 32 territory boxes of NationB, & thus hinders all possible ground based military movements from one box to another. => So, no more than 7,500,000 soldiers among a 20,000,000 population in each square. & thus, the 120,000,000 soldiers of NationA will largely suffice in capturing all soldiers from each square, one by one. The only way NationB can transport its soldier is through air, & that might take a long time, in which NationA will have already captured everybody. > NationA launches from all these borders a mass deep sleep inducing gas all over NationB’s territory. => So as to make the capture easy, & thus a much smaller number will be needed. & also to prevent any attempt of forcing the hands of the soldiers of NationA that are not willing to face the death penalty. > NationA then orders the capture of all the people in command of NationB, & orders the capture of all militants in sight, even at the cost of life, also, the moment it’s possible to eliminate the militants without harming a civilian, they will be eliminated => So, it’s not just the elite force involved her, most soldiers are involved, & they will succeed. & once the militants are captured, they’ll be immediately eliminated, including the commanding military personnel. > A NationA’s elite force goes rogue, & kills all NationB’s commanding personnel, & thus deserves the death penalty for their action by the decree of NationA. => After they have been captured, the commanding civilian personnel (government & such) will surely be eliminated, & unlike the case of militants, here they will receive the death penalty, & it’s so worth it. Conclusion: NationA will hammer on NationB to: - Depletes all its resources, material & human, & thus force it to surrender. - Leave it without command & thus take immediate control. - Throw it into complete chaos, while itself, its resources & its command fully operate with no risk at all. & thus, once the tides shift, it will take over easily. & the question will be about endurance, which NationB can not hope to bear.