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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (54333)10/24/2002 2:42:54 AM
From: Nadine Carroll  Read Replies (3) of 281500
 
Armed soldiers are definitely fair game in war. The conservatives on this thread (including myself) have often argued that when civilians are killed in attacks on soldiers, it's the fault of the local authorities for keeping soldiers (with ammunition!!!) in the presence of civilians.

Soldiers who happen to be taking civilian transportation while off-duty, but who only fight with military units, are a different case from militiamen who never come out from behind civilian shields, whether they are off duty, on duty, or in active combat. In the latter case, there is no way to fight them without endangering civilians; in the former, there is.

One note - as Bilow found, CNN very often mentions the soldiers on the buses (it just happens to be somewhat exculpatory for the terrorists. Pure coincidence I'm sure), but they very rarely mention the Arabs who get killed in these terrorist attacks. Buses have been attacked they went through mixed areas and had both Jews and Arabs on them; in this last attack, at least one Arab was killed. The terrorists have not been picky about their targets; an Israeli bus that probably has some Jews on it, is all they look for. They not aiming for soldiers as far as anyone can tell.
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