Pakistan

[sal]

There are always civilian casualties in wars but we did not deliberately target children.

Just deliberately mass bombed civilian targets using incendiary ordinance, the children were only collateral damage...

[VectraMan]

There are always civilian casualties in wars but we did not deliberately target children.

Well okay, we deliberately targeted civilians knowing full well a proportion of them would be children.

[vwdan]

And people get upset when we pour water over their faces when we catch them

I think people get upset because torture is abhorrent and gains very little. Complaining that enemy is sub-human and then using that excuse to act like wild animals ourselves is just pathetic.

[Platypus]

It's in response to the Pakistani army fighting against the Taliban.

The victims are children of Pakistani army soldiers as the target is an army school.

I assume they did it because it was an army run school, with presumably children of soldiers and they're hoping to discourage people from fighting against them by targeting their children.

Ok, makes sense (from their POV anyway). Thanks.

[centurian]

Just deliberately mass bombed civilian targets using incendiary ordinance, the children were only collateral damage...

There is still a humungous difference between targeting war-effort factories, knowing that some bombs would go astray and probably kill children - and the outright targeting of children.

Even with collateral damage caused by drone strikes etc., it's not like the Yanks say "right, let's try to kill as many children as we possibly can today - let's try and slaughter every last little kiddie we can" - that's precisely what the Taleban said when they woke up this morning.

[original PM]

There is still a humungous difference between targeting war-effort factories, knowing that some bombs would go astray and probably kill children - and the outright targeting of children.

Even with collateral damage caused by drone strikes etc., it's not like the Yanks say "right, let's try to kill as many children as we possibly can today - let's try and slaughter every last little kiddie we can" - that's precisely what the Taleban said when they woke up this morning.

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I know a very small number of guys who have come back from Afghanistan and they say that the rules of engagement are so strict that often they put the guys in danger.

Whereas the other side did not give a damn and would deliberately engage in public areas to reduce the effectiveness of our troops.