Real American Heros

[Neo]

Here's a question for you. Suppose you had found Saddam in a room somewhere and with him is an innocent child who is crying and screaming "please don't let me die" over and over. Now all you have with you is a grenade, so in order to kill Saddam you have to kill the child too. So considering that Saddam has killed thousands of people and will potentially kill more in the future, would you feel justified in blowing up the kid along with Saddam? Keep in mind you are going to be forced to tell the child's crying mother afterwards and explain why you had to kill her child.

What I'm getting at is that it's no secret the U.S. has killed thousands of civilians, including children, over the past several years during our fights with Iraq. It's easy to dismiss these casualties as unfortunate necessities when you aren't the one pulling the trigger, but if you knew you would be directly responsible for their deaths, would you maybe feel differently?