Islam in Europe: perception and reality

[abaris]

Hmm... There didn't seem to be an answer to my question there. But... Are you so naive to believe that wars can be fought without loss of innocent, civilian life? Or are you perfectly aware of that reality, and simply morally confused so as to fail to mark the difference between how we wage war versus those who would target civilians and literally use children as human shields? Perhaps you're not drawing a moral equivalency between our attempts to minimize casualties and willingness to compensate families by some means and the groups that must justifiably be eliminated--that would be sheer idiocy--but then, what is your point?

The answer is pretty simple, no wars cannout. But I had this discussion with several members of this board, and as early as 2003 on another one called fearbush.com. This isn't a war. There's no opposing army and no opposing government to negotiate terms with. There's also no ground force involved. Airstrikes are directed from several thousand miles away with the operators and their superiors being the judges of who's to be eliminated. Death comes out of the blue.

Also I'm getting rather tired of the constant repetition of intent. Intent is nbthing. Intent doesn't make one superior and intent doesn't do shit when it comes to perception. Bomb my mother, brother, father or children and I will hate you for it. It's as simple as that. Philosophy doesn't have a place in this kind of discussion. Walking a mile in the shoes of the ones being bombed would be all that mattered. Yet that's never happening. People tend to hide behind intent and pat themselves on the shoulders for their superiority and being better than the ones they're targetting.