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Originally Posted by Paul
You really do just get lower and lower. 
I've not put anyone through anything, what suffering have you been causing ? |
Personally none.
However they will rationally fail to see the distinction between the state and the civilians. Indeed we elect Governments (successive governments across the US/UK and others) who carry out these wars. I think we use the term “collateral damage”.
In reality we put ourselves in the crosshairs. In twenty years we can do it all over again, and the military industrial complex can trouser hundreds of billions of dollars more while we achieve nothing.
We could have voted against Governments pursuing these policies but time and again endorsed them. Would we hold much sympathy for people who voted for Saddam Hussein? Why should they feel any differently towards us?