Reply #45: I think things have changed.

[Brilligator]

"I met plenty of people willing to shoot someone, or even stick an knife in a guy, but not shoot a 6 month old in the head."

You've seen the video of the US Helicopter that flew up to a disabled US jeep that had children playing on or near it (among others), surveyed the situation and then launched a missile into it, blowing them all to pieces?

You've heard the testimonials of ex-soldiers?

I think the soldiers are being conditioned now to a definition of "collateral dammage" that is way broader than it used to be (to put it mildly)