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To: lugsoul

Actually, you will see perhaps from earlier posts I made last night and today that after two days of watching old war movies with my husband while he's been sick, I said those movies showed that this type of thing has happened in every war ever fought.

It's just happened fewer times in this war than in any other war on the planet.


60 posted on 05/30/2006 11:05:16 AM PDT by Peach (If you can't stand behind our military, stand in front of them.)
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To: Peach
Thanks for that response, but I'm curious what you mean by "this type of thing"? You mean civilians getting killed by the crossfire / stray fire between combatants? Or do you mean unarmed civilians getting purposefully killed at close range by the US Military?

If you mean the former, sure - it happens all the time, and it has happened a hell of a lot in this war.

If you mean the latter, it does happen, and it is wrong every time it happens.

It is easy for those who espouse the 'war is hell' defense to forget who incongruous this is with our stated objectives. If we are supposed to be the ones who are here to stop the brutality, the slaughter of helpless families, etc., then it isn't going to be very convincing to simply tell these folks 'sorry, we're here to help you, but that sometimes gets kinda messy and every now and then we'll blow your kids away at close range in order to help you.'

I'd still like to hear your response to the two questions from my previous post to you.

61 posted on 05/30/2006 11:17:02 AM PDT by lugsoul (Livin' in fear is just another way of dying before your time. - Mike Cooley)
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