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Date Posted: Fri, April 27 2007, 18:52:08
Author: Jeff Northridge
Author Host/IP: adsl-75-45-102-246.dsl.scrm01.sbcglobal.net / 75.45.102.246
Subject: Re: Vietnam War
In reply to: William 's message, "Vietnam War" on Wed, April 25 2007, 14:15:23

Howdy William;

Yes, so-called "collateral damage" is an unfortunate but inevitable consequence of war. Have you ever wondered why the U.S. prefers to fight her wars on somebody else's piece of dirt? The average ratio of civilian to combatant deaths during the wars of the 20th Century is about 3 to 1 and most of those (except for the Holocaust) were unintentional (the intentional killing of "protected persons" is a war crime). I can assure you that nobody feels very good when a non-combatant is killed by accident.

I can remember a little four-year-old boy who got scarred, darted across the road towards his mother, and was run over and killed by the APC in front of mine because the driver couldn't stop in time. Everybody in my platoon felt sick about it and couldn't eat dinner that evening.

The ratio of civilian to combatant casualties is slowly improving due to "smart weapons" which are much more accurate than what was available during the War in Vietnam. This does not apply to terrorists who (by definition) deliberately target non-combatants.

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>Howdy William; > >Yes, so-called "collateral damage" is an unfortunate >but inevitable consequence of war. Have you ever >wondered why the U.S. prefers to fight her wars on >somebody else's piece of dirt? The average ratio of >civilian to combatant deaths during the wars of the >20th Century is about 3 to 1 and most of those (except >for the Holocaust) were unintentional (the intentional >killing of "protected persons" is a war crime). I can >assure you that nobody feels very good when a >non-combatant is killed by accident. > >I can remember a little four-year-old boy who got >scarred, darted across the road towards his mother, >and was run over and killed by the APC in front of >mine because the driver couldn't stop in time. >Everybody in my platoon felt sick about it and >couldn't eat dinner that evening. > >The ratio of civilian to combatant casualties is >slowly improving due to "smart weapons" which are much >more accurate than what was available during the War >in Vietnam. This does not apply to terrorists who (by >definition) deliberately target non-combatants.
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