Answer the fucking question, Ice: Do you think there is no evidence to connect Osama bin Laden to 9/11, too? This is the third time you've been asked...
You are never - never - right about my "hidden feelings". You would do much better flipping coins, on that subject. Give it up. Deal with as posted, for a change.
First, let me say that I wrote that because you very specifically seemed to be avoiding saying explicitly whether the US was intentionally bombing civilians.
Secondly, I inferred what I did, because you wrote: "Yes, the US is bombing Afghan civilians." Then you proceeded to attack me for dealing with the nuances of morality and intent, so far as the bombing goes, a tack you returned to in your latest response. What was I supposed to think?
And if I thought wrong, you could clear it up by overtly stating what you think. But the funny thing is, you didn't. You'd rather weasel around, play rhetorical games and try to turn the question back around on me, just like Sam attempted to do. What's even more bizarre about this is that I've stated very plainly what I think. So guess what? Here's your chance: Do you think the US is intentionally bombing civilians?
Like the other question you have avoided, it's not tough to answer...
Your careful, spinning use of "intentional" to deflect actual consideration of what the US is doing in Afghanistan is noted, and the discomfort of acceptance, as a US citizen, of what others claim the US is doing in Afghanistan is therefore suggested - it's not surprising.
Please don't label my opinion as "spin." I said intentional, because I meant intentional. People die by accidents in wars, Ice. Buildings are bombed by mistake, targets are confused, allies are mistakingly attacked and collateral damage happens. None of these unfortunate circumstances can be totally avoided. The fact you refuse to acknowledge the very real very obvious difference between intentionally targeting someone with a bomb and an unfortunate circumstance where that same someone dies by being in the wrong place at the wrong time is telling, though I'm not even sure how. Either your bias has overpowered your brain or you are some sort of Kantian who sees morals in absolute terms. I really don't know or don't care, but I refuse to view all killing as equal. And I wonder: Do you deny moral nuances? Do you deny intent matters in the eyes of the law, ethics and morality? Can you not see homicide and murder are two different things, but both involve a person dying at the hands of another?
Most US citizens seem to rely on a set of unlikely assumptions and revisions of history, along with large and carefully maintained areas of ignorance , to provide them with comfort in their evaluations of the Afghan invasion. That is to their credit, IMHO.
Ignorance (or intentional obfuscation) in this arena is your specialty.
Regardless, you've posted very little of substance whenever this topic comes up. What we typically get from you is cheap skepticism and your opinion. You also make statements without backing them up, and many times, those statements stand in direct conflict to actual facts that cannot be disputed.
