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You just made the same mistake Elon made: assuming it was OK for a random civilian to make critical tactical decisions in the middle of a conflict. Please don't do that. Also, I think you can't end war by encouraging billionaires to play armchair general and flex unpredictably. There are paths to peace, but that isn't one.
I didn't make a tactical decision, I voiced my opinion. Musk didn't really make a decision either. They asked him for a resource he can provide, as far as I know without going through the Government of the USA, he politely refused. He only had to make a tactical decision, because they presented him one. Either way he was going to decide would have influenced the outcome of the war, so the way that is staying out of it does is the way he is influencing it.
I think you're still missing the key distinction. Everyone understands that every business in the world can make decisions about who they will accept as customers. If that were the only issue here, I don't think many people would be particularly upset with Musk. Of course many of us are concerned about the military industrial complex in general, but his company is only one piece of that puzzle.
However, he wasn't content to say yes or no to potential clients. He created a specific situation where he, and only he, had the power to turn on and off services in specific areas at specific times. In other words, he wasn't content to affect the war on a high level by deciding to sell or not sell his services, but rather he wanted specific control in a way that would allow him to influence the outcome of specific battles. So he wants to have the same power as a general, but without any of the restrictions or consequences. And that, my friend, is why people all right so critical of his actions here.