And the hostages can easily be coerced too -- but such things are just overlooked in favour of the narrative you wish to believe. The difference here is, I don't want one side to be right. I am pretty confident both are wrong. I don't have any skin in this game, so to speak.
I hate this narrative of "both are wrong".
Were vietnamese wrong when USA invaded and fought back making death traps in the jungle?
Were partisans wrong when they were fighting Nazi using guerrilla tactics?
There is a strength unbalance, it's not a videogame.

