Cato wrote:

I think we are maybe not talking about the same thing exactly. What
I am talking about is that in this war in Iraq and Afghanistan, the
enemy has no feelings about innocent civilians. They will not hesitate
to target innocent people and erase them from this world. I would like
to think that we do not intentionally target civilian non-combatants.
If we did, then we would be just as much murderous animals as the
enemy that we fight.

Unfortunately, our aim must be terrible. Bush himself, personally and on
National TV, *admitted* to the deaths of 35,000 innocent civilians, a
number on the very *low* end of the range. Many other organizations put
the figure much higher. Maybe those "smart" bombs weren't. :-(

Oh, by the way, read any of the books about the war--we *did*
intentionally hit many civilian targets--power plants, sewage treatment
plants and many other NON-military targets. Why do you think the country
is in such a total shambles? There weren't *that* many military targets.

One recent book that clearly documents this (with many references) is
"Web of Deceit" by Lando.