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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: combjelly who wrote (139142)9/18/2001 8:54:13 PM
From: i-node  Read Replies (1) of 1580235
 
Now the US also hit alot of infrastructure during that war, resulting in civilian suffering after the war

Infrastructure is a legitimate military target. We obviously made every effort to avoid civilian casualties, and given the scale of the war you could only proclaim us "successful". But in wars civilians get killed sometimes.

As to infrastructure, it makes a legitimate military target. A civilian bridge used to supply the front lines of the enemy must be taken out. Similarly, for communications facilities that are used to broadcast propaganda, manufacturing facilities, etc. Anything that contributes to the enemy's war effort must be taken out.

Now the US also hit alot of infrastructure during that war, resulting in civilian suffering after the war, probably the biggest argument that the US should have rolled into Bagdad and rooted Hussein out, at least then we would have rebuilt those facilities

I don't get it. Why should WE pay to rebuild the facilities that we were forced to destroy because THEY were the aggressor? It is a bad habit of ours to fight a war then go and pay to rebuild what we were forced to destroy. I think it is the liberals' payback for allowing the conservatives to fight wars when they're called for.
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