[freeeee]

The only innocents are between 1 and 8 years of age. Anything else is collateral damage. When a civilian works at a factory turning out arms for their country's defense ... they're NOT innocent. When they give aid and comfort to an enemy, they are NOT innocent.

I'm not going to say whether or not I agree with this.

I just have one question: If the same were done to us, would you accept this as a valid defense from an enemy officer at a war crimes trial? Would you acquit an enemy officer who ordered such attacks against us?

Please don't take this as an attack on you. I'm just curious if this cuts both ways.

If other freepers have opinions on this, I'd like to hear them.

[Colt .45]

In answer to your question ... yes! If our civilians were bombed while working at a munitions factory its called "tough sh*t" life sucks and then you die.

But seeing as how I would be on the front lines, doing my level best to ensure that they don't come here and do that, I expect support not exacerbation of the situation by some wimp who doesn't even have the guts to put his/her own ass on the line. You can say that my years on active duty have made me cynical about most Americans and those "peacable" turds. They are the ones who tend to suck the life blood of the strong virulent men who've kept this country free.

[walden]

"I just have one question: If the same were done to us, would you accept this as a valid defense from an enemy officer at a war crimes trial? Would you acquit an enemy officer who ordered such attacks against us? "

Yes. In fact, that's one of the reasons that war crimes should be tried only by military courts-- they understand the rules. I don't believe that ANY Nazi or Japanese commander was tried for any act of legitimate combat, or for ordering that act. Weren't all the Nurenburg trials about Nazi atrocities and concentration camps?