War is hell. Welcome to hell, dirtbag
I wonder what the MSM would have done, had they been embedded with the Israelites, when Jehovah God told them to conquor, kill the men, women, children, and all the livestock? Come to think about it, if Moses had done what God instructed, the young marine wouldn't have had to go to Iraq.
And what about Elijah? Slaying all those Baal priests? Man, would that have made the headlines of the NYT?
Either you believe in the absolute of good vs. evil, or you, like Chris Matthews, believe the insurgents, ie. terrorists, just simply disagree with us. With the former conclusion, there can be no equivocation. Kill em all. With the latter, you can attempt to appease mankind into peace, until hell freezes over.