If only it were that easy. I certainly have no animosity at all towards the people of Afghanistan. They have been suffering for too many years. The problem is what do you do. It is not us that has caused these people to suffer so much. It is the murderers that they have in control of their country. Yeah we could negotiate peace with these guys so that next time they could let loose some anthrax or nerve gas and kill hundreds of thousands. It is for the good of the world that these guys are eliminated.
You are incorrect in your interpretation of
Thou shalt not kill. This rule against killing was against one individual murdering another. In the same book of the Bible where this is mentioned you see:
- Exodus 21:12 - Anyone who strikes a man and kills him shall surely be put to death. Killing another man is not allowed but anyone that does so should be put to death.
- Exodus 21:13 - However, if he does not do it intentionally, but God lets it happen, he is to flee to a place I will designate. Killing in self-defense is okay.
- Exodus 21:18-29 - If a bull gores a man or a woman to death, the bull must be stoned to death, and its meat must not be eaten. But the owner of the bull will not be held responsible. If, however, the bull has had the habit of goring and the owner has been warned but has not kept it penned up and it kills a man or woman, the bull must be stoned and the owner also must be put to death. You are responsible for your animals
- You also see the Israelites who were given the commandment not to kill, killing others in war. This was allowed and even sanctioned by God.
So you can't throw out
Thou Shalt Not Kill and say 'see there No Killing at all is allowed'. Also, please do not confuse us with the terrorists. We are not condoning indiscriminate killing. The US has shown quite considerable restraint. They certainly could have sent a boatload full of cruise missles to Afghanistan after the attack on the WTC. But the US used restraint. Instead preferring to use precision to try to remove this malignant growth to all of humanity. We have never cut off women's breasts so that their babies would die as they did in Sudan. Nor do we burn women and children and murder their fathers in front of their eyes like the Taliban does. We also give people the freedom in our country to follow the religion of their choosing. You would be killed in Afghanistan if you tried that.
To me saying we need to have peace towards the terrorists reminds me of the movie "Independence Day". The alien comes out of his coma, and the President is talking to him. He says "
Can there be peace among us? To which the alien replies "No peace, only die" Anyway that it how it is with the terrorists. It's like saying "I know that I can live with this malignant tumor in my body if I just ignore it and don't fight it". The whole time you are doing that this tumor is looking for where to strike next. Then you die.