"John Gaquin" wrote in message
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"Doug Kanter" wrote in message news:9N2Cb.7842

..... News reports of dead children -
those must be in my imagination.

Not at all, the report are real, and tragic. What is under-reported is
the
fact that the target terrorists were successfully hit, target venues were
vetted in advance as clear of civilians, attack pilots saw no children in
the target area (in the one case that involved an open field), and that
the
"placement" of civilian casualties is commonplace in that part of the
world,
since they know full well that CNN will run the story over and over and
over. Ex post facto reports of civilian casualties must of necessity be
looked upon with a jaundiced eye.

Well, it still sucks, contrary to the opinions of a few of the Bush-bots
here. It's "collateral damage". I think that's also what OBL called the
victims in the 9/11 massacre.