[fabsroman]

I responded to this thread a little yesterday, but that was on a dialup line and I got cut off before I could finish. My cable line has been out and will not be back up until tomorrow, hopefully.

My simple point was that Yamamoto is nowhere close to being compared to Zerquaoui.

As far as his being responsible for all the stuff that happened under him, I think that is a far stretch.

How about our Marines that killed innocent civilians after one of their buddies got killed. Should we hold the general in charge of the entire campaign in Iraq responsible for this episode? Should he be tried? Kind of tough to blame the person in charge.

Likewise, if Hitler were giving orders to do inhumane things, how many of you wouldn't do it if refusal meant getting a bullet in your head. I know, most of us will say there is no way we would do anything like that. However, until that gun is at your head, there is no way we can make that decision. A lot of people at differently under pressure than when given a hypothetical. We all like to think that we would step in front of a bullet to save our mother, but until that bullet is fired and we have to make that decision, nobody can tell me how they would decide. I like to think that I would jump in front of the bullet, probably would, but I cannot guarantee it.

Simply put, war is a dirty business, and again, I do not fault the muslims for the choice of warfare, just for targeting civilians directly versus killing civilians as part of collateral damage.

Skinny, I didn't even read your entire post because I am over at my brothers' place checking out the site. However, if there is anything in there about dropping two bombs on Japan, ask yourself why we couldn't wait a day or two for Japan's surrender before dropping the second one.