and I do support using them both to accomplish the mission.
We are so civilized today, our hypocracy leads some to be more concerned about collatoral damage than the accomplishing of the mission. Just look back at history and view the civilian casualty figures on any war you want to put up on the screen. The historical numbers were/are staggering.

I am not saying I condone it...like it or not during wartime, in war torn areas, people get killed. The outcome of previous conflicts in history would have been affected if our so called standards of humanity used today were in place then.

In today's world the USA is at a distinct disadvantage with it's pre-occupation for noting and distinguishing who or what was killed. The enemy knows it and uses it to their advantage.

And the most significant impact of today's special interest groups getting the media and then the politicians in the fray is.....almost eliminating our troops ability to win....and of course increasing the number of our troops killed as a result of un-neccessarily prolonged conflict.

We establish the rules of conflict the way we think it should be played and wind up being the only one that follows them....to a fault.

btk