I wasn't defending the soldiers, but profound stuff bro, maybe if that man is so utterly fucked up in the head as to call living under Taliban style Islam "freedom".
Let's assume that this is the worst case scenario:
1) the highest estimated death toll of 2,000 by France is correct
2) the violence is going to go on for a week at least
3) that Gaddafi is going to fight to the "last drop of blood"
4) there is potential for at least 500 more civilians to die...
The thread title is just libertarian rhetoric to provoke some fiery debate. Obviously not all soldiers in any army get to kill people and most of the time an army is just there as a highly organized force to help in national disasters and in Afghanistan's case, nation rebuilding. But remember...