How many Civilians is it ok to Kill?

Answer 1

It is NOT okay to kill anyone. There is no real justification for bringing death to anyone. We can call it self-defense, war, or whatever. It is all wrong and all violence begets more violence.

Answer 2

That depends on how many of those civilians are shooting at you. Apparently many people do not realize that the combatants we are fighting in Iraq are not in the military, but civilians who are terrorists, assissting terrorists, or being paid by terrorists to kill, shoot, kill, blow up, kidnap, kill, and fight Coalition Soldiers in Iraq. Did I mention they are trying to kill us? Let me ask you a question, If a civilian man or woman were going to kill you, your spouse, and/or your children would you kill them first? You would probably be called a hero by the media. There is a saying, KILL EM ALL AND LET GOD SORT THEM OUT. I may not agree with it, but any person, civilian or other, trying to kill me has just earned the right to a first class trip to the afterlife. He can push up daisies while the worms eat out his brains. I'll meet my maker in the afterlife and let him judge me, because he is the only one who keeps tally in his big book. This is just an opinion of someone who has just over twenty years of active duty in the US Military. If you want a better answer, ask your religious leader the next time you see him and ask him that question. Just do not be as vague when you ask it again.
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Answer 3

Let me check my ROE (rules of engagement) card that was passed out last week......

4 per soldier, 20 limit for the platoon.

Come on, it's never "okay" to kill a civillian but the simple fact of the matter is this is war. If the U.S. could determine the when and where of every firefight there wouldn't be a single civillian dead, but we can't. The terrorists specifically attack in high risk areas and those poor bastards get caught in the cross fire.

You're gravely mistaken if you think that the U.S. doesn't take every precaution to try and reduce the amount of collateral damage. The sad thing is that until terrorist stop using civillians as human shields that number will never be zero.

And don't let a few bad apples ruin your opinion of the rest of my Military. Otherwise you'd have to call the entire U.S. civillian population murders and rapists and pederists..... those are bad apples too right?

Answer 4

Ask Osama Bin Laudin that question and all the other terriorists. We are in a war to ultimately protect our people from what is happening in Iraq right now. So many young people forget that the US could have been destroyed completely or fallen into the hands of the terriorists on 9/11 had the terriorists multiplied their attacks all over the US at one time or set off a dirty bomb. Do you remember how the terriorists filmed the execution by beheading some of our soldiers and civilians? Would you stand by and watch them kill your family like that without retaliation? I would hope not.

Answer 5

DEPENDS! In war that is a given that your going to inadvertantly kill some innocent civilians. If you mean intentionally kill - then if I'm a soldier and I feel they're threatening my life, it's instinct to kill rather than be killed!

On the flip side - If someone breaks into my house! They shouldn't be there in the first place, so they're gonna die if they don't kill me first!

Answer 6

It isn't "OK" to kill any civilians. Of course during times of armed conflict there are often innocent people who are just in the wrong place at the wrong time. It isn't OK but it is accepted that it may happen.

Answer 7

The politically correct number is 0. Sorry to say but Collateral Damage does happen in war, but it has been reduced due to our Technology and because were are a more Moral and Honorable people that our enemies are, they kill more civilians in one day than we accidentally kill in a month.


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Answer 8

civilian deaths are always regrettable, and to be avoided if at all possible. the problem comes in though, do you allow soldiers to die when they are taking fire from the area of a group of civilians that are being used as human shields? if so then you may as well surrender the country now to our enemies, and become a radical fundamentalist Muslim, or die.

Answer 9

All of them. That is all of the ones attempting to kill you. Yep, it's fine to kill these "civilians" shooting at you even if someone later picks up their weapons for their own collection and then takes pictures to demonstrate their "innocent" status.

Answer 10

Collateral damage is always regrettable in warfare. Thats why we take measures to minimize the occurence of it. There is no set number which is deemed "acceptable" or not.

For comparitive purposes, 270,000 French civilians were killed during WW2, many at the hand of Allied bombs liberating them from the Nazis.

Answer 11

i think it depends on the reason why a person is being killed if they have a gun and are threatining my life then yes i would kill someone if they pose a threat to my life or someone elses life then they are asking to be put in that position ever action has an opposite and equal reaction and its there stupidity that they didnt think of the consequences.