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cherokeeprogressive

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Sat Jan-24-09 11:04 PM
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86. How many civilian deaths can be justified by saying "Well, we killed a terrorist with this strike"?

Edited on Sat Jan-24-09 11:05 PM by cherokeeprogressive

1? 5? 10? 100? What if we killed 150 innocent women and children while succeeding in killing a top terrorist? Would that be okay?

What's the cutoff here? I'm sure there is a top end to the number of innocents that can justifiably be slaughtered in the quest for one terrorist life.

Do you see how the death of innocents in this case creates more hatred?

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