Quote Originally Posted by KukriKhan View Post
In my opinion, that is true ONLY in time of a formally declared war. Otherwise, it's criminal. I know it's old-fashioned, and regarded as irrelevant, and not flexible enough to suit today's modern international terrorism environment, but:

Formally declaring war on another country puts them on notice that henceforth everything and everybody within its borders is gonna be considered a valid target.
Yup, hang people for blaspheming the name of allmighty Michael Jackson, but who gives a drrn about innocent civilians. I seem to recall you denouncing the civilian deaths in Iraq a while back on a different thread though. I guess you can murder innocents only if it is politically correct, huh?