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If you equate the killing of innocent civilians as the PA does with the legitimate killing of terrorists and military targets as western countries do, then of course you are trying to justify terrorism. Why else would you try such a pathetic ploy? That tactic may work over at DU but it doesn't fly here. You might as well give it up.

On a side note while the US does not deliberately target civilians their is no such thing as a "Humane War". In all wars civilians get killed and many times in massive numbers ex. Hiroshima. To think that you can have a war without civilians casualties is foolish.

Nearly all the enemies we have fought in the past have shown no regard for civilian casualties, and until recently civilian casualties did not count over the lives of our troops. The problem with the current War is we are more concerned about damaging a Mosque then killing the enemy using the Mosque as a base.

[monday]

"To think that you can have a war without civilians casualties is foolish."

Of course. The difference is, generally speaking, western countries don't deliberately kill civilians. Islamic terrorists do.

you said; "Nearly all the enemies we have fought in the past have shown no regard for civilian casualties, and until recently civilian casualties did not count over the lives of our troops"

This is not quite true. Civilians have always held different status from combatants. It is true that many civilians have been killed both intentionally and unintentionally during war, but when they are killed intentionally, that is almost always seen as a war crime.

Historically, killing non combatants intentionally has almost always been done for terroristic, rather than strategic purposes. Dresden, Nagasaki, Hiroshima, being notable exceptions.

Terrorists will argue that terrorism IS a valid strategy, however civilized people generally disagree. If we didn't, the US is powerful enough that it could wipe every Muslim from the face of the earth, or at least very close to it. Ethical behavior prevents us from considering the murder of innocents to be a valid strategy however, so we don't.