I know we are all suffering from our rage and some things are being spoken from this rage. But, as I see it, the leftist on this forum are trying to indicate that the 10-20Kwho have died are merely collateral damage in a just response from the terrorist nations. They then spew their opinions that WE should not hold their innocent to blame in Afganistan, Palestine et al in our response to this cowardly attack.
I for one am for total destruction of the intrastructures of Afganistan, Iraq, and any other nation that had a part in this, WITH total disregard of collateral damage to the INNOCENT, if indeed there are innocents.
These people can't have it both ways, if they feel our innocent civilians can be held to accountable for our governments previous actions, then we should be able to take the same outlook on these countries' innocent and hold them accountable.
That being said, I do not nor would condone the deliberate targeting of civilian population area, unlike these cowardly bastards, who always single out civilian targets.
We live in a democracy (as much as I like to say 'republic, George Will even said our primary principle is democracy). We do not each wear a uniform, but the actions of our military and government are our reponsibility. We are not innocent. To the same degree that we accept collective responsibility for doing the things we do, we are collectively responsible for what we do.
This article is not about apologizing for the terrorists. It is simply asking "What do we expect?" If we are going to be at war with others, we can not act incredulous when they bite back.