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Originally posted by Skunk:
Isn't it time that we banned these weapons?
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Would banning them do any good?
Dead is dead, and the lose of all life is tragic, and the loss of innocent life even more so, but would it have mattered if the death and destruction had come from artillery fire, or hand grenades, or rocket launchers, or a misguided precision weapon. Would it have been somehow more acceptable? Would it really have been any different?
The Iraqi military is trying to protect itself from all forms of attack by purposely endangering civilians, but the world's militaries aren't suppose park their vehicles and or stage their troops in civilian areas, but they do. They aren't suppose to stage out of hospital or schools, but they do. They aren't suppose to position artillery in children's playgrounds, but they do. They aren't suppose to use mosques and holy sites as platforms of attack, but they do. They aren't suppose to use innocent women and children as shields, but they do.