Number of children killed is now at least 12

[enhanced_deficit]

in just about one week in the US managed areas in Afghansitan and Boston.

Afghanistan: NATO Air Strike Kills 11 Children

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/07/nato-air-strike-kills-children-nato-afghanistan_n_3033407.html

Three Dead, Including Child, in Boston Explosions

http://abcnews.go.com/US/child-dead-boston-marathon-explosions/story?id=18960374#.UWz8zXe5DDc

Children are helpless victims always. Who is utimately responsible for their deaths and who should be held accountable? Once that is determined, US can move to bring justice those responsible to the fullest extent.

[better-dead-than-fed]

... I suggest that one study the histories of World War I, World War II and other "regional conflicts" that the U.S. has been involved in to familiarize themselves with the use of "weapons of mass destruction."Remember Dresden? How about Hanoi? Tripoli? Baghdad? What about the big ones -- Hiroshima and Nagasaki? (At these two locations, the U.S. killed at least 150,000 non-combatants -- mostly women and children -- in the blink of an eye. Thousands more took hours, days, weeks, or months to die.)If Saddam is such a demon, and people are calling for war crimes charges and trials against him and his nation, why do we not hear the same cry for blood directed at those responsible for even greater amounts of "mass destruction" -- like those responsible and involved in dropping bombs on the cities mentioned above?The truth is, the U.S. has set the standard when it comes to the stockpiling and use of weapons of mass destruction.Hypocrisy when it comes to death of children? ... -- http://pastebin.com/NCVvCHVY

[enhanced_deficit]

If Saddam is such a demon, and people are calling for war crimes charges and trials against him and his nation...

Despite all his enhanced interrogations of Iraqis, Saddam probably would have been given preferred dictator status like kings in Jordan, SA etc if he had towed the line.