Saturday, October 25, 2008

Overkill

The suicide bomber detonating his homemade pyrotechnics and the jet jockey raining death and destruction from the wild blue yonder--both killers, each killing for his own noble purpose with the most lethal means at his disposal.

What is the moral distinction between a few insurgents shooting a family of civilians and an aggressor nation strategically bombing entire cities?

Who has killed more "innocent Iraqis"--the jihadists or the United States military? I don't know the answer, but I think the question is legitimate.

Whether dispatched by a crude improvised device or by sophisticated state-of-the-"art" munitions--whether labeled "murder victims" or "collateral damage"--all are just as dead!

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