The world’s attention continues to be focused on the Middle East, where the increasingly bloody conflict there raises a host of questions. A key one: when is it permissible to kill civilians in time of war?
Is it ever permissible? Are there circumstances where it is worse than another circumstance… and others where it is not quite as bad? Is there a difference between it accidentally happening and specifically targeting civilians?
It’s a big debate…and some of it is raging HERE.
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.