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To: annalex
A bombing campaign designed to decapitate and soften legitimate targets is fine; bombing apartment buildings because there might be something of military nature in them is just an excuse for bombing civilians.

So, Hamas can stick a rocket launcher at a site, put up a sign that says Shady Brook Apartments, move their family in, and it isn't a military target? Maybe a rocket launcher isn't enough, what if they put an ammunition dump inside said apartment? What if they used said apartment as their headquarters for attack? When does said apartment become a legitimate military target in your mind?

132 posted on 01/05/2009 2:34:46 PM PST by mnehring
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To: mnehrling
When does said apartment become a legitimate military target in your mind?

When there are no civilians in it, or there is a way to take out the missile launcher and its crew without killing every woman and child in it. In other words, troops on the ground can do it, a helicopter pilot cannot.

135 posted on 01/05/2009 2:40:18 PM PST by annalex (http://www.catecheticsonline.com/CatenaAurea.php)
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