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Originally Posted by Rekna
Examples of US targeting civilians
Hiroshima
Nagisaki
Dresden
We will gladly kill lots of civilians if it suits our purpose. Don't doubt this for a second.
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What, you're not going to list the cities Japan, Germany, Russia, and the UK bombed in WWII? It was just us doing that, right?
That war was 60 years ago, in a different era when strikes against civilians were more acceptable and widely practiced. It was the horrors of that war that keep civilized nations from doing that again.
Yes, we've killed civilians in combat in Iraq, Afghanistan, and pretty much every war since WWII. The difference is that they are not primary targets. We don't plan airstrikes that are designed to kill thousands of civilians in an attempt to demoralize our enemies. Terrorists still do that, though. I suppose I could dig up pictures of what's left of Israeli children and show you the "Zionist crusaders" or 9/11 victims, the "Great Satan".
Remember when we nuked/firebombed Tripoli and killed tens of thousands of civilians following Libya's funding and support of terrorists? Or Teheran after they took hostages? Or Beirut after the Marine barracks was destroyed? Oh right, we didn't. And that was under Reagan, who did far more to turn the US into a global power than Bush ever did or could.
Go ahead and believe that our President, my Commander in Chief, or our military leaders wake up every morning and wonder how many civilians they can kill by suppertime. I know it's "cool" to go against the government, and dissent for the sake of dissenting. If you want to take the stand that invading Iraq was wrong, I disagree but at least respect that point of view as the debate can easily be made. But trying to take the position that Bush and his cabinet are nothing more than wannabe dictators who wipe their asses with the Constitution is insane. We face a new threat from al-Qaida that requires new methods to defend ourselves against.
A released Gitmo detainee has already stated his intent to rejoin the fight against the Russians in Chechnya. But I guess it's a good thing we let him go, right? Since now he can go blow up a school or bus or airplane full of Russian civilians to try to get those Russian imperialist dogs out of Chechnya, right? Because it's okay for TERRORISTS to kill civilians by the dozens. Besides, he's gotta be the only one who intends to return to his former life as a terrorist. The rest of the detainees who were released, I'm happy to report, have returned to their former countries and taken up gardening and crocheting.
-Mikey