I find the argument that somehow because civilians were not deliberately targeted, the US is somehow relieved of the moral consequences of acting in a way that assured that 100,000s of thousands of civilians would be killed to be flawed. Remember the UN (theoretically the "sheriff" in international disputes) stated that the Iraq invasion was not "legal" and in that sense was as lawless as DAESH. There are copious examples of extremely poor fire control (the blackwater killing comes to mind, the killing of journalists by helicopter shown on video ad infinitum) I think that DAESH has made it abundantly clear that it is at war with Iraq and Syria. How can a stateless group, that is allegedly fighting for its own liberation formally declare war?
Drawing equivalencies between their actions, and the actions of any liberal democracy is a tired and sad game that simply distracts from the real issue of radical Islamism.-- You play the game of ignoring that a bunch of Christians (from a putatively secular nation) attacked a putatively muslim nation under false pretences killing at minimum 100,000 innocent civilians. Does this illegal, humanitarian disaster compare in any way to torturing and killing one POW? Remember, ISIS doesn't have the monopoly on torturing and killing detainees, as the recent torture report shows in graphic detail.
I find the argument that somehow because civilians were not deliberately targeted, the US is somehow relieved of the moral consequences of acting in a way that assured that 100,000s of thousands of civilians would be killed to be flawed. Remember the UN (theoretically the "sheriff" in international disputes) stated that the Iraq invasion was not "legal" and in that sense was as lawless as DAESH. There are copious examples of extremely poor fire control (the blackwater killing comes to mind, the killing of journalists by helicopter shown on video ad infinitum) I think that DAESH has made it abundantly clear that it is at war with Iraq and Syria. How can a stateless group, that is allegedly fighting for its own liberation formally declare war?
Drawing equivalencies between their actions, and the actions of any liberal democracy is a tired and sad game that simply distracts from the real issue of radical Islamism.-- You play the game of ignoring that a bunch of Christians (from a putatively secular nation) attacked a putatively muslim nation under false pretences killing at minimum 100,000 innocent civilians. Does this illegal, humanitarian disaster compare in any way to torturing and killing one POW? Remember, ISIS doesn't have the monopoly on torturing and killing detainees, as the recent torture report shows in graphic detail.