Reply #4: Responsibility for the lives of the civilians. This is stunningly brilliant. [View All]

As someone who has no military experience I can only imagine that the students who study war are informed of such things. But in practice we hear from the field surgeons who report that more and more civilians are involved in the trauma of war. The extent of this distressing situation is much greater than most people realize. And it involves a large number of children.

As I read you post I thought of the EPA. We pay a dear price for pouring a quart of oil down a storm drain. Juxtaposed against the flagrant violations against people and environment in our targets around the planet, is just doesn't make any sense at all. Who are we, really? What do we stand for? Or is it all just a latticework of lies?

We either care about life, or we don't. Which is it?

I agree that we must begin enforcing a new standard. One that makes war prohibitively expensive.

Again, bigtree, you inspire.