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Originally Posted by Phaneuf3
It's a very unfortunate accident and I hate to sound like I'm blaming the victim but if I'm driving around a warzone that's been that way for the better part of a decade with my kids in tow in my unmarked van and I see a helicopter open fire on a group of people, I'll be outta there so damn fast...
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Isn't that part of the point though? The whole city is basically under surveillance and has been razed up and down. What choice do these people really have? Which road and/or intersection is really safe in Iraq that we can tell people "Oh, well just avoid Al-Deerfoot north of Haj-McKnight Blvd and you'll be ok."
I remember in the lead up to the Iraq war that many commentators were saying that the US was trying to minimize casualties by telling citizens to vacate. Vacate where? Where do people go and what are they to do when you've made their whole city a war zone?