(December 20, 2013 at 4:51 pm)A Theist Wrote: We act with the best information we have. Unfortunately, sooner or later, innocent lives are going to get caught in the crossfire. But if you have access to privileged information on the actual whereabouts of the terrorists who are trying to kill us maybe you can share it with our military so innocent lives can be saved. Otherwise, I don't see you offering a better and viable option to keeping our country safe from terrorist attacks.
Any option that doesn't create a higher than normal risk of taking innocent lives is better than this one.
I'm certainly no military man, nor do I have a working solution for the problem, but that does not mean that I should settle for a callous campaign that raises the chances of children being killed. One of the keys to any military operation should be to clearly identify the enemy and ensure that no innocents will be harmed in the process, and I do not accept that a system in which the inability to do so is a viable option, no matter how successful it may be.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
