Perhaps you're not using the US govt definition of the word "militant". When the US says they killed "militants", they mean any male person who is of military age and within a strike zone. Hahahaha. I'm not kidding, that is their definition.
I know you aren't kidding, and I'm aware of this. And I would say in response: I accept the Biblical definition of murder, and I believe killing an innocent person, even legally, applies. It doesn't matter if they are a combatant according to the US government's definition. Heck, I would even consider those Iraqi soldiers killed by US soldiers to have been murdered. Like them or not, they were defending their country against American aggression.
- No, I do not think that amount of people were a threat to us.
- That said, I do not see this as evidence of the claims. It is simply more claims, with no support.
- Just to clarify I do not actually support said war, as I think it was unnecessary.
How are you defining murder?
And yes, I understand you don't support the war. Alan Keyes changed his stance multiple times. If he supported it at first and changed his mind, that would be one thing, but he flip flopped on the issue multiple times. It seems like you don't care much about foreign policy, but that's a dealbreaker for me. Abortion is pretty big too, I wouldn't vote for a Roe v Wade advocate, but I don't believe government can actually stop abortion either. I do believe that foreign policy adventurism has HUGE reprecussions for everyone, and unlike abortion, they have the Evangelical support for murder overseas. I can't support any candidate that's OK with doing any of that.
