Originally posted by GScholz
The fact that Saddam is an evil POS that kills people does not alleviate your troops responsibility to minimize civilian casualties ... no matter what means or tactics Saddam's forces employ.
You don't think our forces are trying to minimize civilian casualties?
We sure are wasting a lot of precision weapons that cost a lot of money, could just revert back to the old 1000lbers and carpet bomb the place.
Be a lot easier and wouldn't cost any coalition lives.
Lets face it, they are doing their best to minimize civilian casualties and at the same time minimize our own. It's a difficult balancing act.
Telling the difference between civilians and soldiers has gotten to the point that its near impossible.
The Iraqis are the ones putting the burden on the coalition forces to minimize civilian casualties, while at the same time they are picking their own off and intentionally sending them off their deaths.
This is by no means a conventional war, uniformed soldiers the coalition is not fighting.
Easy to blame and point fingers, but you'll rarely find those same people to take the lead.
-SW