Dropping bombs on strategic targets is one thing, but detonating yourself amongst innocent civilians has got to be wrong no matter what beliefs
you have.
I suppose one could argue, seeing as you yourself are ok with the idea that civilian deaths are sometimes unavoidable in war, is that the aim of
bombing civilians is to try and make the people rise up against the government in order to stop, as we are often told, their foreign policies that
have killed a lot of innocents. Therefore, it could be seen as a 'noble cause' to wage war for, making civilian deaths acceptable. And also let us
not forget that when you kill hundreds or thousands of innocents in order to rid the world of a threat that MIGHT be there, and in the end isn't, it
is just as shameful as intentionally targetting civilians.
And they may also think that those civilians supported the government's illegal war economically, and carried out no further action after the
government ignored 1-2 million people who protested against it. Therefore we are just as much to blame as the people who made the decision to go to
war. I don't think many people would be sympathetic if their family were killed in 'collateral damage' to the people who played a part in it.
A lot of ways to view it, but for me the bottom line is, too many leaders of the world do not value human life. And the response is often an 'eye
for an eye'...
[edit on 2-8-2005 by sal88]