<p>Hanna,</p>
<p>Please help me understand your response. Do you really believe that the leaders and the military of democratic nations like the US and Israel indiscriminately target or want the deaths of civilians? I doubt any nation in history has done more to avoid civilian casualties and to care for those who are injured than the US and Israel have done in recent conflicts.</p>
<p>I couldn’t disagree with you more DRJ.</p>
<p>Allmusic,</p>
<p>Please clarify who you believe is targeting civilians: all Americans, all Israelis, the military of either country, specific government leaders, or all of the above.</p>
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<p>No, I believe that particular powerful individuals within those governments do not deeply and seriously weigh the human cost of the wars they start. Failing to give this issue the weight it deserves is not the same as targeting civilians. I further believe that there is a smaller number of individuals within this category who either (1) live in a fantasy world where their wars won’t exact much human cost or (2) care very little about the deaths of civilian members of certain ethnic/racial/religious groups.</p>
<p>I don’t believe there is targeted killing either, DRJ. </p>
<p>I do think, and this is with deep regret that I say this, that there is far more indiscriminate killing than the US corporately controlled media believes is palatable for its viewers. But the evidence is out there, that both Israeli and American military actions often have a bit of disregard for human lives, no matter what rhetoric is offered to the contrary.</p>
<p>Not saying this is the same as suicide bombers, but, as a world superpower, we should be held to a higher moral standard.</p>