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Originally posted by bhutocracy
cool so you support Al-Quaeda's actions on 9/11 then? in the "real world" it was legitimate to kill those 3000 people because they were supporting the american government through taxes and providing the ability to wage war. ok. as long as we know where you stand. Innocent civs are legitimate targets because of the action of their governments.
So in this "terrorism war" it's ok to kill innocent Iraqis and innocent Americans.... in the REAL world.
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I would not use the word support, but yes in the real world our civilians are no more sacrosanct then any other civilian populace when it comes to "military" targeting. I will point out that the big deal made about targeting civilians is really just rhetorical BS. If the terrorists would have flown all four hijacked aircraft into barracks, HQ buildings etc., at my old home base Ft. Bragg NC, and would have killed 3 thousand uniformed soldiers the outrage from our government and our people would not have been any less. The same school yard name calling by some government officials and our cilvian poplulace would have been the same name calling that was applied when the civilians were killed. Names such as "cowards", "evil" etc. Those that enable their military are as much the enemy as those that wear uniforms. In the real world an enemy, is an enemy, is an enemy. If you study the history of wars it has always been this way. But there are those that are idealistic and do not want to accept how the world really is, then there are pragmatists, such as I, that know and live with reality.