A commanding officer learns 50 enemy combatants will ambush a 300-troop convoy.

A commanding officer learns 50 enemy combatants will ambush a 300-troop convoy. Ordering an airstrike will also kill 15 civilians in a nearby building.

• 67% chose: Order the airstrike. (22 people)
• 33% chose: Withhold the airstrike order. (11 people)

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