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Reading the accounts of the offensive from imbedded reporters shows how difficult this action for the military, the administration, and the U.S. as a whole because detractors keep harping on and on about civilian casualties. What they fail to mention--in any way--is the indiscriminate killing by the insurgents via roadside bombings, abductions, car bombs, etc. Our guys are looking for armed militants as targets and act accordingly against that threat; they see anyone as a target. The media holds the military to an entirely different standard than they do the insurgents and seemingly criticize them on it at every available opportunity; talk about a double standard. I'd like to see a comparison of the number of civilians killed as a result of our action and the number killed by the insurgents.