In this case they were using very expensive munitions which go exactly where they were targeted to go; they were not using cheap, dump bombs which have a wide margin of error.
It’s not only about the precision of the munition. When you put military installations in residential areas you get this kind of result regardless of how precise the weapons are.
The maps could be outdated, intelligence may be flawed etc. In a hot war collateral casualties are secondary to the military objective. You try to avoid civilian deaths but that should be on best effort basis.
Natural resources aren't that important anymore. Look at Singapore with essentially no natural resources, but a high standard of living for example. And the U.S. has strong natural resources, but they represent a fairly small portion of the economy.
A highly educated small island city state protected by larger countries due to the very nature that it doesn’t have anything to take is not at all comparable to feeding, moving, and sheltering 1.5B people.
The battery plant was just to make batteries for EVs. The Trump administration has made clear it is anti-EV, so the Trump administration would not consider this a significant loss.
While companies will raise prices as much as they can, remember there are many competitive AI companies--so free market competition will keep prices in check.
The people getting MRIs are sicker than the general population so the facility should have people available to help getting people up after being scanned.
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