We have no moral responsibility to civilians who live in terrorism sponsoring nations. Yes or no?

Question

The moral responsibility lies with those states that sponsor terrorism. Those states are therefore responsible for the deaths of those people. To effectively fight a war one cannot be concerned about collateral damage on the other side. We have our own civilians to worry about.

Answer 1

Nations being ruled by totalitarian governments cannot be equated with democracies. What have you done being a democracy, when no chemical weapons have been found in Iraq?
Innocent people in autocratic countries shall not be harmed.
VR

Answer 2

You have to define 'terrorism' first. When Afghan peoples fought against the occupation of Soviet Union, they were also labeled as Terrorists (at least by the USSR) and yet USA sponsored them by providing them with weapons etc,. So, is USA also a terrorism sponsoring nation ?. It really has nothing to do with moral. As long as it is politically correct, it is OK to kill civilians. Tough reality isn't it ?

Answer 3

Watch out for the idealism alert.... Anyone enjoying the fruits of free democractic society earned in blood owes a duty to those still living in oppression as our forefathers once did, and let's just be clear that our founders rebeled against England for some panzy *** reasons compared to what some of these people in modern times suffer thru at the hands of unjust govts. We owe them the opportunity & assistance to make themselves free. Sometimes that involves the application of force, sometimes a generation of diplomacy as people die waiting to be free, and sometimes that involves inciting revolution. There are many ways to liberate the oppressed, and we have a responsibility to do most all of them for anyone desiring what we have ... lest it one day be us.

You can fight war while trying to avoid unneccessary collatoral damage. You don't need to target civilians, and if you want to kill a building or facility, there's no reason to do it while people are inside if you don't need to kill them too. It's a balancing act to be sure, and many civilians will die in any conflict, but that's just the cost of doing business. You can't make an omlet without breaking a few eggs - I hate to boil it down to that, but it's the truth. Just to keep thing in perspective, our own civilians are not endangered or in any way hindered by anything we're doing militarily, it is not an either or scenerio.

Answer 4

suppose that iraqis attack the US for retaliation against an illegal occupation and thousands of civilians including women and children die as "collateral damage" would that be OK?
u might condone this as a terrorist attack, but is it really? its retaliation for an illegal war.
why is it that when an army kills civilians its called "collateral damage" and when militants or individuals do the same thing its called "terrorism". terrorism is in the eye of the beholder.
the bottom line is, do not judge if u are sitting comfortably in your house watching tv. imagine how those civilians being bombed in lebanon, iraq, palestine and israel feel before u call them "collateral damage".

Answer 5

Answerins yes would mean to support double standards because, let's not forget, Israel itself was born from terrorism (most of its politicians are former members of the Haganah, Irgun or the Lehi groups, responsible for many terrorists acts against arabs and british nationals, remember King David Hotel?) and still employs terrorist tactics (always targetting civilians).
If US was about stopping terrorism, Israel would be a good first candidate.

Answer 6

Everybody is responsible for victims of any civilians due to terrorism. We should all unite to fight terrorism. We should not tolerate states sponsoring terrorism and they must be liable for deaths of innocent persons who died and were injured due to bombings and other terroristic acts.

Answer 7

just because some mad freaks do that,do you retaliate by following their footsteps...think about it,if it was so much painful to see innocent people loose their lives and their families which are bereaved forever,do you really think repeating this same story on thousands of other innocents will fulfill you desire for revenge..
90% of people are NOT interested in war..they rather hate it but exactly how much of them have a say in govt. Killing them just because they are under a particular govt.and that too because your people were killed by certain psycho terrorist is both insane and insensitive...i want you to actually see the scenario when these things happen,maybe that would help you feel the pain that innocent people have to undergo...think what you are saying! if somebody kills your near and dear one (god forbid) would you revenge on the killer or on his infant who may not have any part in this.
when terrorists attacked america on 9/11 they were called wrong because they killed innocents 'cause of their "govt.policies" to which terrorists didn't subscribed...if you do the same are you any different from them terrorists? its YOUR moral responsibilty, nobody is going to come and tell you what is right and what is wrong...wake up sir,ethics are not created for fun but they serve a purpose and i sincerely hope you realize that for your own good..
peace!!!

Answer 8

no... that's what the terrorists thought about the world trade center. that the civilian populations were responsible for the nation's foreign policy that they disapproved of.

which side wins if you both lose your soul? i thought we were different?

djack, that wasn't what he asked. anyway, how can we be bringing democracy to people at the same time as we blow the crap out of them? maybe that has more to do with my "idealist" position, because i recognize that we needed to tag in the french to pull off our independence from the english. the french helped us against the king, and managed somehow not to destroy most of our country. maybe they should have invaded iraq...

Answer 9

We HAVE responsibility for the children the world over, regardless of the country they were born in. Children do not support terrorism, for obvious reasons, and hatred will not help to bring them up better.

Answer 10

Listen, America is f*cking up this world and making it dangerous for us all. Does that mean we have no responsibility to protect American civilians, by your logic it does. Actually there would be a stronger reason to not worry about Americans because they elected their idiot government.