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It is absolutely amazing how far the Coalition troops have gone to try to avoid civilian casualties. I am sure that there are soldiers who died because they hesitated in shooting what appeared to be a civilian, when in fact it was an Iraqi soldier posing as a civilian, taking advantage of this policy. Has there ever been anything like this take place in any war in human history, where soldiers avoided attacking the enemy or even defending themselves by returning fire when attacked by the enemy because the "looked like" civilians, were in a civilian building, hid in the confines of a religious structure, etc.?

Anyway.... those who you mention, "the protesters are all upset about the death and destruction happening over there" who say nothing about the murder of millions of unborn infants also took no interest or action against Saddam Hussein when he killed over 1/2 MILLION Iraqi men, women and children. Where were these "concerned" citizens when this was going on? Why didn't they protest that slaughter of "innocents"? I failed to see them protesting the genocide of 3 MILLION+ Africans during the tribal wars, etc. These same protesters must really hate God for sending Israel into Canaan to totally annihilate entire populations. (No, I am not equating the U.S. with Israel!! [img]http://www.the-highway.com/w3timages/icons/laugh.gif" alt="laugh" title="laugh[/img] ) I am speaking about the alleged principle upon which these protesters claim to stand on, e.g., that the war is an evil thing because it kills "innocent" people. It would seem that the "right" thing to do is to ignore anything that is happening in the world, UNLESS, it is happening to you personally. It's the old "Ostrich's head in the sand" mentality which is fostered by a total denial of the biblical doctrine of Total Depravity. They have adopted the world's godless philosophy, which interestingly enough has also been adopted by some quasi-Christian groups, e.g., Campus Crusade for Christ, et al, that believes that there is "good" in every person. All you need to do is "educate" them, given them enough "money", change their "environment", show them lots of "love", and such things. What we have today is a world full of people who are trying to create B.F. Skinner's Waldon Two. And thus the perfect solution to everything and anything is Behaviour Modification.