harry wrote:

America has never fought a war against a modern military since Korea.
They try to make war on peasants and women and children these days.
They make wars strictly for economic benifit and to oppress the people
of other countries.

And? That idea, if true, sound pretty smart to me.


You helped run a warship. One that made war on a land of peasants
that just wanted freedom (From the French initially) and from their
puppet emperor.
Just because you weren't up front doesn't make you less guilty. Even
the cooks were guilty.

Um, "guilty" sounds sort of prejudicial. I'd use "responsible." Responsible
in that they joined the military - or acceded to the draft - and therefore
must bear some responsibility for the result.

That same logic was used by Al Queda in attacking the WTC. Those who
voluntarily worked for a capitalist system were as much a part of the
problem as the U.S. State Department.

By that metric, then, there are no "innocent civilians" in a military
conflict.