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fkusumot said:
superchunk said:

Thanks for the source.

However, the attack just today on the apartment building was far more than the 4:1 "terrorist" vs "civilian" death toll. Regardless of anything else, we should not accept US made arms being used to destroy apartment buildings killing one bad guy and numerous innocents.

Plus, this is ignoring the 2000+ others who have been wounded. A lost leg, arm, eye, etc is almost as bad as death.

- And yet that is part of the US military's SOP. It was certainly done in Iraq when they were trying to kill Hussein and other high value targets.

- It may surprise you to know that the US military considers civilian population centers to be valid targets.

- It may also surprise you to know that the US has always held that it retains the option of a first strike with nuclear arms for any valid military or political reason/necessity.

 

True, however, it still isn't right. That is something I greatly dislike about our own military actions.