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Gee, maybe we should all go back to the olden days of battle where both sides just stand in formation in front of each other and say "ready, aim... FIRE!" then both front rows fall... oh wait, I have to reload my musket!
With the evolution of technology will come the evolution of all aspects of war. And to pull up an old quote, "All is fair in love and WAR" You do what you have to do to acomplish the goal at hand with the fewest casualties and least collateral damage. And you do this to protect YOUR values and beliefs. And the US's culture has vast differences in beliefs and values than who we are fighting against. What is unacceptable to us is preferred methods to them, and they will exploit that. We try to go by rules of conduct, but that rules of conduct do they go by????????
I have attended more than one funeral of close friends of mine who lost their lives over there, both of them hit by IED's hidden in trash on the side of the road. One of my life long friends just returned home after a 6 year stent in the army and 2 years in Iraq, he stressed that the regular people over there were happy to see us there and greeted the soldiers with smiles and offered beverages, etc. It is only the extremist that hate and want to kill.
It was stated by Henry Rollins who has traveled the world that everywhere he goes, the people want the same basic things in life. A good home, safe place to raise their kids, and to earn a decent living. He spent last Christmas in Islamabad and said the ONLY place he EVER came across true anti-American feelings was in Vietnam. If you have never seen Rollins spoken word sets... it is definitely worth watching!
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