Caltrops - Operation: Hammer Time





	[quote name="laudablepuss"][quote name="foogla"][quote name="Bill Dungsroman"] Here's a hint: death isn't very humane. Also, how the hell do you know we're saving lives in the future with this regime change? I'd argue we're possibly not. There are a lot of dead Iraqis now that wouldn't have been dead without the war. BDR [/quote] I think a better question is: how does killing them now, <i>after</i> the regime change, prevent future deaths? Were they sko Guerilla leaders? I am all for killing people I don't like, but that's just the genes speaking.[/quote] My understanding is that, yes, they were guerilla leaders and yes, they did pose a threat. Look, there's exactly one legitimate reason, based purely on moral and ethical grounds, to not be cheering that these guys are dead. And that is: we should have made an effort to capture them (we apparently made none) so that they could be brought to trial to account for their crimes before the Iraqi people. They would undoubtedly be executed, but justice is also in the process. So in that respect, we were wrong to kill them. Although they did fire first.[/quote]