Q: What should be done about the killing of innocent people in war?
AR: This is a major reason people should be concerned about the nature of their government. If by neglect, ignorance, or helplessness, they couldn't overturn their bad government and choose a better one, then they have to pay the price for the sins of their government?as all of us are paying for the sins of ours.
That's why we have to be interested in the philosophy of government and in seeing, to the extent we can, that we have a good government. A government is not an independent entity: it's supposed to represent the people of a nation.
If some people put up with dictatorship?as some do in Soviet Russia and as they did in Germany?they deserve whatever their government deserves.
The only thing to be concerned with is: who started that war? And once you can establish that it is a given country, there is no such thing as consideration for the "rights" of that country, because it has initiated the use of force, and therefore stepped outside the principle of rights.
http://www.aynrand.org/site/PageServ...ian_casualties
This applies to Lebonese, Iraqies and Palistinians.