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peterk201
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in ref to:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080826/wl_nm/afghan_civilians_dc_1;_ylt=AoApl5PkeeX3jR1AAHnInQ_9xg8F
Recently, a single bombing raid in Afghanistan killed 90 civilians, and 60 of them were children (verified by the United Nations, not simply Afghani officials). The most common excuse for accepting this atrocity is to say the military has no choice because terrorists "hide" behind civilians, which though is not really accurate helps to ease the conscience. Another strategy commonly used is to keep labelling circumstances "war" because, despite the U.S. military actually engaged in what should be termed "military operations," the term "war" comes with the norm of dead civilians. There is also no one country in this "war" to target, which again makes the term suspect. But given there are Americans who support this kind of "war" fabricated by Bush and the pentagon, my question is: If there were terrorists known to be "hiding" near a public school or day care center in the U.S. would it be likewise acceptable to destroy the building and the children inside all in the good name of the "war" against terrorism?
One more point before you insist the U.S. military does not intend to murder children: The U.S. military says they use the greatest caution to target terrorists. Yet, they must not know where child care facilities and schools are before they drop their bombs (which is not the utmost caution and concern), and if they do know then they are lying about not intentionally targeting civilians. Both Iraqi and Afghani leaders have actually made appeals to the UN to put an end to these atrocities, and the "U.S.-led coalition" has not responded.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080826/wl_nm/afghan_civilians_dc_1;_ylt=AoApl5PkeeX3jR1AAHnInQ_9xg8F
Recently, a single bombing raid in Afghanistan killed 90 civilians, and 60 of them were children (verified by the United Nations, not simply Afghani officials). The most common excuse for accepting this atrocity is to say the military has no choice because terrorists "hide" behind civilians, which though is not really accurate helps to ease the conscience. Another strategy commonly used is to keep labelling circumstances "war" because, despite the U.S. military actually engaged in what should be termed "military operations," the term "war" comes with the norm of dead civilians. There is also no one country in this "war" to target, which again makes the term suspect. But given there are Americans who support this kind of "war" fabricated by Bush and the pentagon, my question is: If there were terrorists known to be "hiding" near a public school or day care center in the U.S. would it be likewise acceptable to destroy the building and the children inside all in the good name of the "war" against terrorism?
One more point before you insist the U.S. military does not intend to murder children: The U.S. military says they use the greatest caution to target terrorists. Yet, they must not know where child care facilities and schools are before they drop their bombs (which is not the utmost caution and concern), and if they do know then they are lying about not intentionally targeting civilians. Both Iraqi and Afghani leaders have actually made appeals to the UN to put an end to these atrocities, and the "U.S.-led coalition" has not responded.