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I don't think Bush is going out of his way to get civillians killed - kinda rediculous. Sure, he has ranged from stupid to less than brilliant on many things but trying to kill civilians is as foolish as him being behind 9/11.
The rules of engagement by the US military are probably more inline with minimizing civilian casualties than any military in the past 100 years.
Shock and Awe was just that. Precision munitions and missiles that destroy what they are aiming at 85% of the time.
From a military standpoint to be able to take out a single target now means that one aircraft can often destroy today, in 2006, what probably would have taken a squadron of B17s in WW2. Two smart weapons from one aircraft hitting the intended target instead of a fleet of aircraft indiscriminently unloading hundreds of bombs for the same target. Even in Vietnam there was often several attempts at a target with "dumb" bombs that were within a few years hit with the early versions of laser guided weapons.
Using the unguided weapons caused far more civilian deaths and the deaths of our military (takes a lot more planes to hit a target means a lot more planes can get shot down).
Add to the top of it that these people on the other side put THEIR civilians in harm's way. Mosques, schools, hospitals.
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