I think it's even more than under Obama, especially if you buy the government number http://www.newsweek.com/strikes-during-obamas-presidency-killed-many-117-civilians-545080 I don't buy it but I still think is even higher.
I think it's even more than under Obama, especially if you buy the government number http://www.newsweek.com/strikes-during-obamas-presidency-killed-many-117-civilians-545080 I don't buy it but I still think is even higher.
barneystinson69 said:
Right. And there absolutely won't be consequences. Because China and Russia will just do the same, is that correct? |
For China, probably. They don't care much for deploying their military outside, so they are more invested in Africa, humanitarian efforts for control over the ressources.
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Quick question everyone... if the reason for all of the terrorist attacks perpetrated against the US and the west over the last two decades is because of all the times the west has gotten involved militarily in the Middle East, then shouldn't the Japanese have been kamkaze-ing us every hour on the hour for the last 70 years for what we did to them during WWII i.e. Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Not to mention the hundreds of thousands of additional civilians that were napalmed to death in various fire bombing campaigns?
Funny how of all the military excursions the US and western Europe have been involved in over the past century, it's only radicalized members of a certain religion that routinely carry out terror attacks against innocent civilians throughout the globe in response. We're best buds with the Japanese and Vietnamese nowadays after nuking and napalming their entire countries for the better part of a decade. NATO got involved in Kosovo in the 90s and bombed the hell out of Milosevic's forces in the aftermath of the violent breakup of the former Yugoslavia republic, but everything is peachy-keen today.
Maybe we need to give the so-called "moderates" in the Middle East as well as our so-called allies in the region a final ultimatum... take care of the radical elements amongst your citizenry, or we will, once and for all.
On 2/24/13, MB1025 said:
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NightDragon83 said: Quick question everyone... if the reason for all of the terrorist attacks perpetrated against the US and the west over the last two decades is because of all the times the west has gotten involved militarily in the Middle East, then shouldn't the Japanese have been kamkaze-ing us every hour on the hour for the last 70 years for what we did to them during WWII i.e. Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Not to mention the hundreds of thousands of additional civilians that were napalmed to death in various fire bombing campaigns? Funny how of all the military excursions the US and western Europe have been involved in over the past century, it's only radicalized members of a certain religion that routinely carry out terror attacks against innocent civilians throughout the globe in response. We're best buds with the Japanese and Vietnamese nowadays after nuking and napalming their entire countries for the better part of a decade. NATO got involved in Kosovo in the 90s and bombed the hell out of Milosevic's forces in the aftermath of the violent breakup of the former Yugoslavia republic, but everything is peachy-keen today. Maybe we need to give the so-called "moderates" in the Middle East as well as our so-called allies in the region a final ultimatum... take care of the radical elements amongst your citizenry, or we will, once and for all. |
There's a key word there: did. The United States isn't at war with Japan or Vietnam anymore, they're not bombing those countries. However, they've been continuously bombing the Middle East, and they haven't stopped.
Let me ask you something: would you be happy with a country continuously bombing you, killing many of your relatives and destroying the infrastructure of your city, which in turn leads to job insecurity? I doubt that you would. Also, from your last sentence, it sounds like you're promoting genocide.
jason1637 said: These type of things happen in the battlefield. |
So that makes it okay?
RolStoppable said:
War is really a question of who the lesser evil is. |
Ya it's not about whos right, it's more about whos left.
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glimmer_of_hope said:
Ya it's not about whos right, it's more about whos left. |
Well, there's over 1400 civilians who aren't!
VGPolyglot said:
Yes, because the logic should be "they're killing people, so why can't we?". |
The 1400 civilians killed weren't targeted. The US military didn't just say"time to kill more innocents" no, you can thank ISIS cowards for using civilians as human shields every time the allied coalition tries to eradicate terrorists. It's unfortunate that so many civilians lost their lives but the cold hard truth is that it was inevitable. By your logic the US and the coalition should just leave ISIS alone to their devices and let them take over the country, not only endangering the citizens but also the humanitarian aids that are helping the injured civilians.