All of this is a pontless argument. A population of a beligirent country is responsible for the leadership they allow in power and as responsible as their leaders. Any civilized people have a responsibility to overthrow their tyrannical dictators, failure to do so makes them accomplices. The death of the children in those countries are therefore the responsibility of that population and the leadership they have allowed to drag them into war. A nation that is attacked has every right to destroy without prejudice and cause mysery and pain on an anemy population without discrimination to age, sex, race or religion. A nation at war cannot afford to have any sentimental feelings for the enemy population irrespective of the Geneva convention and any other worthless treaties which are meaningless in time of war. One should treat the enemy in the same manner the enemy would treat you. Rest assured that had the Afghan Taliban the capacity to butcher American men women and children, they would do so in a heartbeat.
As long as they are not American children I have no sentimental reservations of wiping any of these people out en masse. Most of these "children" will in any case eventually grow up to be enemies. Unless their nation is crushed and vanquished to the point where they learn that war against the US is a Phyrric effort in futility.
I can go to a hospital and take all kinds of car crash pictures. It doesn't mean that it was because the US cut ties with the auto manufacturers. Sometimes, bad things happen to good people. That is life. I would rather a few die by accident that a crowd on purpose.
Let's keep bombing.