Do you think American soldiers are put on too high of a pedestal

[Thumpalumpacus]

Try to imagine the potential problems which might have resulted from one of our planes attacking a 'neutral' ship.

Of course. But imagine striking those dockyard facilities while no ships were in port. Those missiles ain't gonna walk to the battery's deployment.

It should also be noted that supplying arms to a belligerent is, under international law, itself an act of war.

I'm still rather surprised that people are actually advocating for ignoring civilian casualties here.  I'm not talking about vietnam in specific, I'm talking generally.

For the record, I'm not arguing that civilian casualties should be ignored.