We shouldn't hold back for fear of killing innocents. That doesn't mean we carpet bomb cities. It just means that we do what we have to do to destroy our enemy's will and ability to wage this war. We don't target civilians, and we shouldn't bomb an apartment building to take out one guy, but some civilians will die in this war, and the moral responsibility for those deaths falls at the feet of the terrorists and those that support them - and nowhere else.
For the record I was against invading Iraq as well. I thought it should have been Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Syria, and then, assuming it was still necessary, Iraq. No occupation. No rebuilding. Just destroy their will and ability to wage and fund a war of terror and go home. Repeat as necessary. Although, if done right, it probably won’t be.
I’m all for staying frosty.
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"Beware the fury of a patient man" - John Dryden
"Here's the truth, which you know in your heads and hearts already: Ineffective, unfocused violence leads to more violence. Limp, panicky, half-measures lead to more violence. However, complete, fully-thought-through, professional, well-executed violence never leads to more violence because, you see, afterwards, the other guys are all dead." –Larry Miller