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Re: War on Iraq

Sat, 29 March 2003 18:41

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freakyboy wrote on Fri, 28 March 2003 23:54

One thing about your post slapped me across the face... HARD.

"If turning Baghdad into rubble is the best way to achieve that, I'm all for it. How many lives were saved by the bombing of Tokyo and Hiroshima in WWII? I think the answer is far more than those extinguished by the bombs."

So you wanna nuke Iraq? You want to destroy everything. You don't care if we kill innocent civilians?

Well, technically I said nothing about using nuclear weapons on Baghdad, and there are plenty of ways to rubble a city without nukes. But let me get to the main point.

I'm not for the wanton killing of Iraqi citizens, nor ignoring measures that could save innocent lives. I know the common citizens of Iraq are not the problem. But everything I'm hearing on the news is that Saddam Hussein is doing everything in his power to thwart our efforts to spare the citizenry. War in itself is an atrocity - always has been, and Saddam is doing his best to ensure that this war will be too. Despite our desire to fight a clean war, Saddam Hussein might force us into making one of several bad choices:

1) We continue placing first priority on sparing the lives of Iraqi citizens, to the extent that our soldiers cannot return fire and are dying by the hundreds and thousands because of it over a prolonged period of time. Even if I LOVE Iraqis, I love our soldiers infinitely more. I don't want them on a battlefield with their hands tied. It's not fair to send them in to do a such a fearsome task and then tie their hands. As a veteran tank crewmember in the US Army, my sympathy lies first with the soldiers, and this option is the worst as far as I'm concerned.

2) Make targetting the enemy first priority, and avoiding citizens a concern secondary to that. When taking fire, try not to hit citizens, but always return fire even if civilians may be hit. Allow soldiers discretion to do their job free of outside second-guessing. If the enemy is using human shields, that's too bad, and we can hat ...

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		War on Iraq By: freakyboy on Thu, 27 March 2003 15:38
		Re: War on Iraq By: freakyboy on Thu, 27 March 2003 15:39
		Re: War on Iraq By: JamesWD on Fri, 28 March 2003 08:39
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		Re: War on Iraq By: zoid on Fri, 28 March 2003 19:27
		Re: War on Iraq By: freakyboy on Sat, 29 March 2003 02:54
		Re: War on Iraq By: jeffimix on Sat, 29 March 2003 10:24
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		Re: War on Iraq By: freakyboy on Sat, 29 March 2003 20:05
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