Wow, really? Child-killer? So what; the military exists purely for the sake of killing innocent women and children? Grow up and get a life. And for the record, most of the civilian casualties now are the result of Sunni/Shia, Iraqi on Iraqi violence. Still not convinced...check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kyN0TKPVGA&feature=player_embedded Otherwise, take that ignorant crap elsewhere.

One YouTube video does not prove anything, FYI.

Your right, it does not, but it certainly serves as a counterpoint to the "child-killer" crap. Look up all the targeting footage you can on youtube or any other video sight on the web, you will not find one involving the deliberate targeting of innocent civilians, especially children. In fact, cement bombs have become much more efficient at hitting mobile mortars, technicals, and other targets because they use only kinetic energy to destroy a target, thus not damaging the surrounding mosque, cemetery, and or nearby school used as cover by insurgents. By the way, arienh, I am looking forward to your rebuttal.

And it's people like you, Franc28, that make the military look bad. They certainly aren't over there to kill innocent people, but unfortunately, it happens. Talk to someone who has served a couple of tours in Iraq. They have seen things that you only see in your nightmares. They risk their lives and their sanity so you can sit there and call them child-killers. You better hope the military never has to choose who stays/goes/lives/dies, because I know several who would choose a grisly passing for you for the comment you made.

Bogwandis, while I do agree with you, stop using ignorant phrases like 'They risk their lives and their sanity so you can sit there and call them ...' etc. It's really dumb, because if the army wasn't in Iraq at the moment almost everyone who commented here could still comment. There's no 'stop free speech button' in Iraq the army is trying to defend.

Arienh...I am still interested in what you have to say in regards to our conversation, unless of course, your conceding that I am right...

are you seriously calling this person (and those in the military) a child-killer? Really? Are you sure, because it's the Taliban ---THE PEOPLE WE'RE FIGHTING --- who are training children to be suicide bombers. The same debate went on during the Viet Nam conflict. The Veit Cong would strap bombs on children, those children would walk up to the American soldiers and hug them, which would set off the bombs. When the brass realized what was going on, soldiers were instructed to tell the child to stop in Vietnamese. If the child didn't stop, the soldier would shoot. People didn't pay attention to the fat that te children were being used for suicide bombers, just the fact that they got shot.