Apparently we killed a number, I think 8 or so, kids in Afghanistan by some kind of mistaken air strike. NBC Nightly News reported tonight that Gen. Petraeus has issued some kind of public apology for the mistake.

This is far from the first time that this has happened. In the Iraq war, some organizations claim that well over 100,000 civilians died from our assault. We have repeatedly killed innocent people in Afghanistan. It has been in the news that Karzi has complained repeatedly that these unjustified and "mistaken" killings in Afghanistan have caused us to lose our support.

What is worse is that our citizens are allowing this to just go on as if it means nothing or amounts to nothing. How can the killing of innocent people be nothing? We all share blame for this, and it's time that we came to grips with the true costs of what is being done. We need to be promoting peace and not war. Our defense spending should be for defense - period.