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Entry: Killing Women and Children First Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/killing_women_and_children_first#34320 Post contents: This was a timely posted essay, not outdated as some commentors here have felt, in light of the still widely held belief that targeting civilians was justifiable, making it so in future confrontations, of which Iran is within striking sight (certainly in Iraq there was no concern for the best interests of the civilians left unprotected on a smaller scale), even as they in turn foolhardily threaten Israel. [b]"Sometimes men must kill in order to preserve life; that sometimes they must violate their values in order to maintain those values,"[/b] glosses over the well-made point of this essay that civilians are not to be less valued than armed men, and indeed have just as much right as the civilians on "Gods side" to determine their own future (which is usually not much different the world over), and not have it powerlessly snatched from them. [b]"Also see Romans, Shall we do evil that good may come? Woe to the man who puts his faith in evil."[/b] To repeat the corny, but appropriate, phrase, what [i]would[/i] Jesus do if confronted with such a mind-boggling determination toward annhilation that we can [url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070829/museum_pledge_070829/]sanitize[/url] when it suits us? Sent at: 2008 12 01