Is killing civilians a part of war in Iraq?

Question

I am not trying to hurt your patriotic opinions but just trying to map what has happen from the beginning.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwwMF6biCJU&feature=related

Answer 1

only for Terrorist and Obama fans

Don't use YouTube as a source...

geeez

You would actually believe losers like that.  Take about your anti-USA liberals

Answer 2

The large majority of civilians dying in iraq/afghanistan are due to insurgent/terrorist operations that specifically target them.  They do this to cause chaos and distrust in the current government in order to create there own.  For example, they target a lot of suicide bombing in market places.

The amount of civilians that have died there as a result of collateral damage from the US is dwarfed by the amounts deliberately targeted by insurgents and terrorist.

Answer 3

don't know, maybe you should ask the islamic suicide bombers who blow themselves up in markets,the islamic gihads that kill those women and children in the mosques,the islamic swine who kill civilians in alleys and back streets,the islamics who want to keep muslims who want freedom by destroying infrastucture like electricity,water and roads as fast as they are repaired.Not wanting to hurt your silly question,just answering what you don't want to hear.

Answer 4

Civilians get killed in wars, that's a fact.  However, there are those out there who falsely accuse our soldiers of those kinds of actions.  They're liars, end of discussion!

Answer 5

Killing civilians is part in every war...

Answer 6

Keep in mind that they are the ones that started killing our civilians, for them it is a sin not to kill non-believers!

Answer 7

What's a million or so civilians when you can get rid of an evil tyrant and...  er, I guess Al Queda can move in and take over when we leave, wonder if they thought of that before our retards?  Hey you don't suppose they've grifted US?

Answer 8

My dad is in Iraq right now for the 2nd time. First time was in 2004. He is field artillery, so back then he said he doesn't know how many people he killed because he didn't stick around to see if they were dead. Now he says there's not much going on there anymore. Couple buddies told me over messenger all they really do is chill there now.

Answer 9

Unfortunetly, it is a tactic that is used for a variety of things. Obviously the military / government doesnt admit to doing it, however.  

Answer 10

Civilians are killed in every war ... It's called collateral damage. If you go to war , it can't be avoided .  It's a fact of life .

Answer 11

I saw some of your other answers, you don't deserve a real answer to this openly anti-american question.  Look at the facts my friend, look at who is killing civilians in iraq.....it's other iraqis.  Sure, there have been incidents where we have killed civilians, but it has happened since the beginning of time and warfare, innocents get killed, but don't you dare try to smear those who put on the uniform without hesitation to do their job honorably.  Have a nice day.

Answer 12

Personally, I think it's an agenda.  

Give me a thumbs down if you think everyone with a tan is a terrorist.

Answer 13

there is no western army that has as part of its remit or mission statement the words"kill civilians",civilian deaths are one of the by-products of any war ans are never intentional unless of course your name happens to be hitler or stalin to name but a few,you can add saddam,adi amin and a hundred more who did it as part of ethnic cleansing but never accuse the united states or the uk of the same crime

Answer 14

It is, and has been, and always will be a part of war.  It is known as collateral damage.

Answer 15

Civilians getting killed has ALWAYS been a part of war. Sometimes killed by accident, too often purposely targeted.

The Japanese in WWII used them as bayonet practice. Muslim terrorists like to drive cars loaded with explosives into the middle of them.

Answer 16

No, but it is unavoidable in every war.  

Answer 17

The muslims don't care about that, do they....

Answer 18

Unfortunately, that has always been a part of any war and will continue to be a part of future wars.

Answer 19

Do you realize that the guy in the video pulling c**p out of his ***?  He maintains that the war is all about killing civilians, citing Operation Desert Storm was stopped because it had less justification for killing civilians.  That is patently false; Operation Desert Storm had the objective limited to the liberation of Kuwait.

BTW. Darrel Anderson was a deserter, probably with as such credibility as the others who fled to Canada.

PS. Most of the civilian deaths in Iraq are due to terrorist bombings, not the actions of the American military.

Answer 20

Tell me

How do you distinguish an arab civilian to an arab terrorist?

YOU CANT SO THERES YOUR ANSWER

Answer 21

Sometimes, it sure is. Any war really.

Answer 22

I would say it's more of a byproduct.

Answer 23

Civilian casualties, are sadly, a part of any conflict. It doesn't make it right. But being the guy calling the shots in combat now is a very tough job. There are so many factors when fighting in an urban environment...from structural damage to human loss. It is extremely difficult to tell between neutral or friendly civilian and terrorist/foreign fighter. And the enemy knows that the U.S. military tries to obey the rules of engagement established and will try in every way to take advantage of it whether it be by hiding behind civilians while they shoot their weapons or cuffing the hands of suicide bombers so they can't change their minds (you will never see CNN report this info but trust me, it happens all the time downrange). We are fighting a sick group of people in al-Qaeda.

Answer 24

Sadly, civilians die in all wars whether deliberately are by accident. War is inherently dangerous and non-combatants are always victims.

The question in all wars should be "is armed conflict justified and a last resort?".