different wars

[Luke Weiger]

Doug wrote:
> It's a "when did you stop beating your wife?" kind of question. As
> Miles pointed out, there's no course of action in which 0 civilian
> deaths are likely. Clearly I'd like it to be close to 0 as humanly
> possible.
>
> Doug

The difference is that it's probably true that you've never beaten your wife
and never will in the future, whereas civilians will inevitably die as the
result of any proposed course of action.  However, you're absolutely correct
that the question is no more relevant in your case than any other.

-- Luke