Bombing Quote by John R. Allen

I really believe that carpet-bombing, bombing civilian populations, is a form of terror - it's state terror as opposed to vigilante terrorism.

— Hamza Yusuf

Carpet bombing tends to portray something that's totally indiscriminate, you know, en masse without regard to the target.

— Norman Schwarzkopf

I don't think we [the USA] need more troops. I think we need to be less worried about civilian casualties.

— Ann Coulter

I'm saying this as a Republican: In the White House, the effort that goes in and wherever these decisions are made, as to limit…

— Peter T. King

As in any war, there have been dreadful mistakes and civilian casualties. The difference is when Israelis kill innocents they apologize; when Hezbollah kills…

— J. D. Hayworth

The American people and the American military will never get used to civilian casualties. And we will - we will fight against that every…

— James Mattis

The IDF takes extraordinary measures to avoid civilian casualties, and is operating in accordance with international law.

— Yoav Gallant

In America, we're getting too comfortable with our ability to take kinetic strikes around the world without having enough process to avoid consistently the…

— Barack Obama

Our reports about civilian casualties here, about the resistance of the Iraqi forces, are going back to the United States. It helps those who…

— Peter Arnett

We do everything humanly possible, consistent with military necessity, taking many chances to avoid civilian casualties, at all costs.

— James Mattis

“Civilian casualties?” I asked. “There always are.”

— Ann Leckie

That the Islamic State is guilty of horrific atrocities is common knowledge. But most Americans seem unaware of the human toll of our own…

— Patrick Leahy