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Originally posted by brianna
the sad fact is that killing *IS* killing and that no matter how much justifying you do to prove that the killing that we did is somehow better than the killing done by others is just an effort to dehumanize the enemy. not only does it trivialize the issues that are being fought over ("we're right, the're wrong and that's all there is to it!") but it is predicated on the assumption that our side doesn't make mistakes. This is a horrible form of denial because it allows out government in our name to kill innocent people. obviously it is necessary to do something to combat terrorism and the harsh reality is that blood will be spilled -- but i would like to think that every other avenue would be exercised first and that we would still regret whatever death had to occur. Iraqi's are people with families and lives and gods and to sum up their entire existence with "well the're evil." is a pathetic attempt to comfort ourselves in a time of horrible choices.
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Sooooooooo,
Our action of killing German soldiers in WW2 is morally equivalent to Hitler gassing and cremating Jews?
Or perhaps we just didn't try to "understand" him enough?