My position is a lot easier to understand than yours.
By whom? The relatives of the deceased Iraqis? I doubt it.
I deeply regret any loss of life.
Then, did you try to stop Bush from starting a pre emptive war against Iraq?
Unfortuantely, at times people die. All deaths are sad. Not all are evil. There is a vast difference between accident and murder, which I hope even you can recognize.
Why are the deaths caused by our bombs better than the ones caused by the suicidal Palestinians? What logic leads you to that conclusion?
If the US had simply rained down bombs indiscriminately in Shock and Awe without regard for where they landed or who tehy killed, that would have been evil. Making the utmost effort only to hit military or government targets, bombing at night when as many innocent people as possible were at home and in bed, was not evil. Yes, innocent people died, but that was not the intent, but a regretted byproduct of seeking to destroy legitimate military targets.
I am very sorry........I don't think you're a bad person but your argument sounds like you have found away to neutralize what we did and turn it into something benign. There was nothing benign about Shock and Awe even if they were as careful as they claimed they were. Why do you believe them in the first place? The American public has been mislead about this war from the get go.
Besides, the Palestinians are fighting for their freedom; what are we fighting for in Iraq? Unlike the Palestinians, we had non violent measures that were at our disposal.....economic sanctions, weapons inspectors, the UN, the threat of war etc. and yet we chose to bomb Iraq.
You think we're the good guys and the Palestinians are the bad guys. Sorry but I just don't see it!
If you can't see the difference between this and deliberately getting on a bus which has not a single military person on board it or has any military or government significance and blowing it up with the express purpose of terrorizing a civilian population -- if you claim that you can't see that difference, you're either lying or sociopathic.
I don't see the difference and I am neither lying nor a sociopath. |
