"collateral damage" - this ugly and premeditated event

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by Ashton

7/24/02 4:08:08 AM

"collateral damage" - this ugly and premeditated event

is different from the snap judgments of a fire fight. I suppose it points out for the nth time the utter hypocrisy of that phrase - whoever employs it to dissemble. Was the target fair game? I'd agree that he was. But at what *cost* ???

Gawd we Love our euphemisms. I suppose the people in that building.. passed away.

Now what would we / anyone have paid in collateral damage to have assassinated Hitler? Stalin? [obviously we didn't offer enough] Answering that might bring some perspective also to:

Just *how many* lives (of various races, nationalities) is a US person worth? a US person in uniform? a US executive? nurse? pregnant woman wanting an abortion? Librul? Conservative (ordinary or the endangered.. 'compassionate' species) ?

yada and yada. (Betcha Someone.. has a Boolean formula already worked out)

Ashton

Hamas leader killed, children killed too - (marlowe) - (38) - July 23, 2002, 12:19:17 PM EDT

This is to be condemned by all sides - (boxley) - (1) - July 23, 2002, 12:28:26 PM EDT

Israel is all in knots over it. - (Arkadiy) - July 24, 2002, 10:16:39 AM EDT

Residential building, after midnight. - (Brandioch) - (6) - July 23, 2002, 04:13:57 PM EDT

They should be using the SAS Model that the Brits used in NI - (boxley) - July 23, 2002, 04:19:30 PM EDT

Murican as apple pie IF... - (Ashton) - (4) - July 23, 2002, 06:45:58 PM EDT

Yup. - (Brandioch) - (3) - July 23, 2002, 07:07:12 PM EDT

"collateral damage" - this ugly and premeditated event - (Ashton) - July 24, 2002, 04:08:08 AM EDT

Nit - (boxley) - (1) - July 24, 2002, 06:37:00 AM EDT

When did that ever stop us or our allies? - (Brandioch) - July 24, 2002, 09:42:13 AM EDT

2 reactions - (wharris2) - (14) - July 23, 2002, 09:53:10 PM EDT

Small children are by definition innocent. - (marlowe) - (13) - July 24, 2002, 02:24:42 PM EDT

Never had any kids, did you? - (orion) - (8) - July 24, 2002, 02:40:59 PM EDT

Re: Never had any kids, did you? - (wharris2) - (1) - July 24, 2002, 09:24:31 PM EDT

I am a father of twins, - (Arkadiy) - July 25, 2002, 12:31:03 PM EDT

Better nip that in the bud. - (marlowe) - (5) - July 25, 2002, 12:24:30 PM EDT

How do I get his respect? - (orion) - (4) - July 25, 2002, 12:31:23 PM EDT

(scratch) - (Andrew Grygus) - July 25, 2002, 12:58:33 PM EDT

Re: How do I get his respect? - (Arkadiy) - (2) - July 25, 2002, 12:56:43 PM EDT

Wise words. - (Ashton) - July 25, 2002, 08:10:33 PM EDT

Simplicity works well - (Silverlock) - July 25, 2002, 09:42:13 PM EDT

Bull - (Andrew Grygus) - (3) - July 24, 2002, 10:27:55 PM EDT

Bull indeed. - (Arkadiy) - (2) - July 25, 2002, 01:00:22 PM EDT

Nostalgia . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - July 25, 2002, 01:34:22 PM EDT

Yep - (Arkadiy) - July 25, 2002, 02:04:01 PM EDT

Re: Children Killed ? - (dmarker2) - (9) - July 24, 2002, 06:41:33 AM EDT

But that's the problem. - (Brandioch) - (8) - July 24, 2002, 09:53:02 AM EDT

One major difference - (screamer) - July 24, 2002, 11:07:39 AM EDT

The target matters - (mhuber) - (6) - July 24, 2002, 11:13:43 AM EDT

That's how it always is. - (Brandioch) - (5) - July 24, 2002, 12:04:00 PM EDT

Q for you - (rsf) - (3) - July 24, 2002, 12:32:37 PM EDT

No. - (Brandioch) - (2) - July 24, 2002, 02:36:54 PM EDT

Analogy doesn't hold - (rsf) - (1) - July 24, 2002, 03:40:17 PM EDT

It does hold. - (Brandioch) - July 24, 2002, 04:53:12 PM EDT

Problem. - (wharris2) - July 24, 2002, 09:30:56 PM EDT

Time for the ICC to step in? - (ChrisR) - (3) - July 24, 2002, 09:44:45 PM EDT

Results - (wharris2) - (1) - July 24, 2002, 09:57:47 PM EDT

Re: Kaddafi (Qadaffi, etc:) - (dmarker2) - July 25, 2002, 11:24:28 AM EDT

How can the ICC put sharon in the doc without putting arafat - (boxley) - July 25, 2002, 10:33:08 AM EDT

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