No Skybird, war is thoroughly humane. Not to fight wars would make us animals. And i do not mean that in a funny way.
That this is a "war", has been declared by characters like Bush, Wolfowitz and Cheney. I will leave Powell out of there, for now. But it is interesting to see how this media propaganda bull**** still works, in the minds of some. This climate of fear is ridiculous.
Can you really wage "war" against people not wearing a uniform, not belonging to a nation, and committing assassinations ? This is police and intelligence work, imho, and not war.
The US have declared war to several nations in the last decades, some were called interventions (the middle and south Americas), some war, for all kinds of reasons. Now they have declared war not only to terrorists, but to a religion.
Now people are killed by US weapons, in countries not knowing or agreeing to this, all over the world, without trial, without asking their government, killing innocent civilians as "collateral damage" as they cynically say, without even knowing for sure whether the target is a criminal or not - not by the jurisdiction of the nation where it happens, and not even by their own jurisdiction.
We will see if the worldwide condition changes to the better, and a better international understanding, with that new approach.
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