Is “punish the village” a euphemism for the calculated murder of innocent civilans? We are in Afghanistan with the approval and permission of the current Afghan government. How do you think they would react to the wiping out of one of their villages by us in response to a criminal act by a few residents against the UN?
“Is “punish the village” a euphemism for the calculated murder of innocent civilans? We are in Afghanistan with the approval and permission of the current Afghan government. How do you think they would react to the wiping out of one of their villages by us in response to a criminal act by a few residents against the UN?”
You’re right to question. But the current Afghan government is there in Afghanistan with our approval and permission. We’ve set it up and supported it in order for things to be stable enough so that we can leave. Has that happened? We are now there longer than the Russians.
Two questions.
1) How in the world do you distinguish between combatants and non-combatants in this kind of war?
I don't think you can because I think all are either front line warriors or support line staff. So therefore, unless you can clear this up for me I don't think there actually ARE any "innocent" islamic civilians. They all support jihad and are all invested in it for their eternal soul.
2) In a hot war, if you don't approve of killing people as an appropriate kind of negative feedback for performing forbidden activities then what exactly do you propose that is going to be effective?
Without us, the “current Afghan government” is the Mayor of Kabul, if that. No one knows this better than Karzai, unless he is completely delusional.