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Originally posted by Ronn_Bman:
Yep, Bush and CO are really stupid. No other nations have ever gone to war, no other nations have ever made mistakes, and no other nations have ever accidentally killed innocent civilians, right? Just Bush & CO? Sounds to me like you are more anti-Bush, than anti-War. I don't have a problem with that, but lets at least be realistic. 
Smart weapons are smart. They aren't dumb weapons that fall out of the belly of a plane and land where ever gravity and wind takes them, they are guided and therefore have a significantly lower chance of going off target. You want to talk about innocents being killed, look at the bombings of the past 100 years, and then complain to me about these weapons which have produced the lowest civilian casuality rates in history.
They aren't perfect. Do you know any smart people that don't make mistakes? Do you know any smart people who are perfect? Do you know any smart people who can solve the worlds problems?
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I was complaining more about the fact that they mention these 'smart bombs' as if that means no civilians will get killed. And when they do, 'Oops, we're so sorry'. I haven't heard of any trials when civilians got killed. Okay, I admit, accidents do happen, but negligence and accident is something totally different. If I run over somebody with a car because the road is icy and it's an accident, then I probably won't be in trouble. But if I do it because of negligence, then I should get in trouble. And I don't think it should be different with soldiers. Sure, they're stressed, but sometimes these things happen because they weren't careful enough. People should know that shooting is not a joke. It's real. And if you're not careful enough and don't care, then you'll get in trouble.
And studying maps and checking up information is a part of it. If the village was bombed because they wanted to bomb it as quickly as possible and didn't have enough time to research stuff, then I want a trial. Is that too much to ask? Or are the generals and soldiers like small gods that are immune to everything?
What I want is that we take responsibility for the people who die. And not that we pretend that we're so good just because we managed to get rid of a dictator.
PS: I didn't criticise only the US, but also others (I mentioned NATO, see). I think war is wrong, and mentioning 'smart bombs' doesn't make me feel better about it.
Edit --- spelling.
[ 03-02-2003, 04:32 PM: Message edited by: Spelca ]