The idea that the targeting of civilians is intentional is bullshit. We just ignore the fact that civilians will be casualities of the violence we are inflicting in Afghanistan because as a nation state, when we go to war, we are told the civilian casualties are "collateral damage" and can't be avoided.

It is now the nature of state sponsored military action that many more civilians than soldiers are killed, regardless of where the violence takes place.

The Israelis have killed many more Palestinian civilians in the past 18 months (some estimates run as high as 2,000 Palestinians killed) to the Israeli losses of about 400-500 killed, including those killed by suicide bombers.

Those are pretty lopsided numbers.

Like I said, there are Israeli mothers who are happy and proud that their sons are killing Palestinians, you just aren't seeing them interviewed on CNN or Israeli TV. Why? The state propagandists don't like to put that sort of spin on the Israeli side, just like they don't like to put that sort of spin on the US side. Makes them look like the barbarians they truly are.

Peace.