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There's the fog of war, and then there's carelessness. I'm not saying that we're being careless. Just pointing out the difference.
Also, we're not actually at war. Not sure why, though.
One issue with civilian casualties is that we're not fighting the civilians' country. They're not affiliated in any way with the enemy we're fighting. That's why there's a strong need not to kill them with our airstrikes and other attacks against ISIS. It's like bombing Brazilians in order to retaliate against Japan after Pearl Harbor. America needs to be careful and not just dismiss everything as okay or for the "greater good".
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This is different. The enemy isn't a nation that we can easily identify.
The people we're fighting blend in with those around them. Their whole gimmick is to use innocent civilians as cover.
The way we currently are fighting ISIS is the exact way they want us to fight. By killing those innocent civilians along with couple of actual terrorists we're buying into the whole "turn people into terrorists" deal.
But again, nobody wants to get their hands dirty even if they're not even the ones doing the fighting.