> >>> As for accusing the US of bombing children, I think that such hyperbola is >>> not helpful. The US bombed military positions, and errant bombs killed >>> civilians. (...)
Julia Thompson wrote: (...) > >The OC bomber looked upon the deaths of the children as "collateral >damage". He indicated no remorse over those deaths. > I *do* hope you can see my point. The deaths of children in Afghanistan are also "collateral damage", and I guess that not everybody that command those bombings feel remorse over those deaths. This is **not** a good indicator of what is Good and what is Evil !!!!!! I believe we all hope that all this is not in vain, that the WTC attack was not only the first of this magnitude, but also the last. But in order to prevent further attacks, we must prevent the formation of such a big hatred that thinks that a few civilian deaths are an acceptable collateral damage to the greater good. If the USA wants to pose as a force of Good without any qualifier, it's necessary to concede that killing children is a mistake, and that everything was done to prevent it. Otherwise, we might see another cycle of hatred as anti-USA terrorist cells form in Jordania or Paraguay. Alberto Monteiro
