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Originally posted by Unregistered
So you think it's better to let Saddam slowly kill off his own people then us maybe killing a few in order to save even more?
You personify flawed logic.
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I am just saying that the presence of civilians should be taken into account when military strikes are planned.
In your post you are insinuating that a signifiact goal of attacks on Iraq is to save the Iraqi people from Saddam. Isn't that particular purpose defeated by killing civilians?
(btw, Saddam mistreating his people has very little to do with the reason that we are going into Iraq. That would fall into the realm of invading a countries Soverign rights)
If there is a strategic target and no civilians present, take it out.
If there is a strategic target and civilians are present, the military should revaluate the necessity of the target and weight it against the live of the civilians. The target might be of such importance that it still need to be taken out and civilians might die, however I believe that our nation and our military have a moral obligation to make that extra evaluation.
Taking human life, especially when they are not military, is not something that should be taken lightly.
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