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Did you feel bad about a civilian killed in Iraq? Japan? WTC?
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I agree completely, its important that we keep murdering foreigners in order that we can make small improvements in our standard of living. Mack [/ QUOTE ] Mackthefork made the above statement as a response in sarcasm mode to another poster, but got me thinking, do people really think at all about all these murdered foreigners? Have they ever think of all the inocent people killed by the American Army? Are they in their prayers? 2 or 3 days ago I read a story about 9-11. It was about a couple and their 3 year old baby that were in the UA 175 flight. I could only imagine their last moments holding their son. I almost cry thinking in my own 2 year old son. But I'm pretty sure that if I was able to know similar stories about how people in Iraq lost their son in a random morning when they were ready to have breakfast, or how a mother in Japan have to watch her family die one morning in August 1945, I felt equally touched. What's up with some people in this country? What do they feel? The funny thing is that I'm almost no religious at all. And I'm pretty sure most of this people are "devoted" Christians. Go figure. |
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Re: Did you feel bad about a civilian killed in Iraq? Japan? WTC?
This is an interesting post, but it would be more interesting if you cut back on the use of the perjorative "murdered."
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Re: Did you feel bad about a civilian killed in Iraq? Japan? WTC?
Fair enough, change to killed.
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Re: Did you feel bad about a civilian killed in Iraq? Japan? WTC?
Yes - It is sad and terrible when any civilian dies. This is one of the reasons we spend billions developing guided weapons systems that can put a bomb through a air-conditioner vent and so we don't have to carpet bomb like in WWII.
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Re: Did you feel bad about a civilian killed in Iraq? Japan? WTC?
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This is one of the reasons we spend billions developing guided weapons systems that can put a bomb through a air-conditioner vent [/ QUOTE ] http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=...;u_sid=1482603 |
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Re: Did you feel bad about a civilian killed in Iraq? Japan? WTC?
Nobody claimed it was perfect - just much much better then before.
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Re: Did you feel bad about a civilian killed in Iraq? Japan? WTC?
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[ QUOTE ] This is one of the reasons we spend billions developing guided weapons systems that can put a bomb through a air-conditioner vent [/ QUOTE ] http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=...;u_sid=1482603 [/ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] A U.S. Marine fighter jet dropped a bomb and damaged a building in an accident [/ QUOTE ] |
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Re: Did you feel bad about a civilian killed in Iraq? Japan? WTC?
Very few, if any, civilians are killed by US actions. Reports have been exaggerated by the liberal media.
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Re: Did you feel bad about a civilian killed in Iraq? Japan? WTC?
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This is one of the reasons we spend billions developing guided weapons systems that can put a bomb through a air-conditioner vent and so we don't have to carpet bomb like in WWII [/ QUOTE ] It's because it's more efficient and economical. Morals don't come into it. As to the OP, I feel bad as you do, when I read/hear individual stories with context, with background. But when I read a general story which contains information on a marine dying or an Iraqi dying I can't say I really feel any change. The same for any moment in history. |
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Re: Did you feel bad about a civilian killed in Iraq? Japan? WTC?
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It's because it's more efficient and economical. Morals don't come into it. [/ QUOTE ] All three are factors - the military needed to capacity to hit high value targets in urban areas without taking out 3 city blocks, regardless of how you view their motives for not wanting to take out civilians morals or PR disaster doesn't change the fact that it is one of the reasons we developed these weapons was to reduce 'collateral damages'. |
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