[Vision2020] Bombing hospitals

[Thomas Hansen]

The United States has been confronted with this in virtually every war that
it has participated.

The question that must be asked is "Does the elimination of a potential
threat outweigh the potential loss of civilian lives?"  If the answer to
that question is yes, than the target is engaged and the loss of civilian
lives is filed under "Collateral Damage".  If the answer to that quesiton is
no, than an alternative method of eliminating that threat must be
considered.

War is never clean and easy.

Tom Hansen
SFC, US Army (Retired)

-----Original Message-----
From: eevans@moscow.com [mailto:eevans@moscow.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 8:43 AM
To: vision2020@moscow.com
Subject: [Vision2020] Bombing hospitals


We've all seen Saddams "human sheild" tactics, for example placing anti-
aircraft sites atop hospitals and schools.

Could some of you ex-military guys could discuss how we go about handling
these 
situations?

Cheers,
-Ed Evans


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