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Old 02-07-2003, 11:23 PM  
wonton
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Originally posted by theking


This is the real world and the wars are real wars. I live in the real world. I do not know what world you live in. Why do you think civilians are targeted in every major conflict and as was the case during the Second World War killed by the millions and of course that includes babies.

I repeat if a country/peoples does not want to reap the wild wind then do not make yourself our enemies and we will not destroy you.
The Geneva convention specifically forbids the deliberate targetting of civilians and other non-combatants during a war. The US is a signatory to that convention. What you propose amounts to a war crime.
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