Originally posted by chithappens
I'm not saying deliberately going out of their way as in their only target, but I'm saying that civilians lives are not important. It is a fact that there have been moments where that was the case: some have been just to kill, other to affect morale, some because they were just trying to knock down their shit.
yup. Things and people are destroyed unnecessarily in war. Warfare is not more moral than terrorism, given that the end is normally the same (re: innocent people are dead needlessly).
I think we agree, I have no idea why you think I am defending the Americans, my point was in regards to the classification of terrorism and how it relates to the targeting of "soft" targets.
I think it may stem from a "desire" to call Americans terrorists, since they are really no better than the people who flew planes into buildings, but if we want "terrorism" to mean something more than just an insulting phrase to throw at those you don't agree with, distinctions must be made.
Originally posted by chithappens
Besides, the U.S. did not satisfy any requirement for a just war with Iraq this time around so technically everyone is "innocent." 😆
Maybe it was because Saddam was suffering from too much Jahiliya.