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Originally Posted by punkworld
Civilians not being specifically targetted does not make their deaths any less tragic, nor do practices of past wars.
When innocents die, the right response is not "well, chances are they were assholes anyway", nor is it "well, in the past, everyone killed them", nor is it even "it's unintended but unavoidable collateral damage". When talking about human lives being lost, one should first and foremost acknowledge the tragedy of it.
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In Vietnam and other wars ten year olds (even younger) have given aide to the armed militant and have even been armed militants themselves. They are the enemy and self preservation dictates that they be killed. Tragic yes...reread the above.
It is tragic...but the human animal reigns and the innocent among the human animals are far and few in between...tragedy will exist until the human animal is exterminated...and the history of the world indicates that it will be.