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Except we weren't at war with them. BTW, civilians dying is part of warfare, not to say that Nagasaki and Hiroshima weren't tragic. In recent years we have gotten the idea that warfare is somehow sterile, and only the military is involved. Even stranger to me is that European countries seem to be thinking this, despite their experience with two devastating wars in the last century. When you go to war, the goal must be to win, and sometimes civilians will die. This isn't to trivialize the issue, but maybe people should think harder before they support the idea of armed conflict. The American public was all for invading Afghanistan when we first did it, and also to a lesser degree with Iraq. Support seems to wane as collateral damage mounts or our own troops die. When advocating for military action, we should remember the saying: "Be careful what you wish for, you might get it!"