Aren't most schools and hospitals multi-level structures? Wouldn't there be loss of life (I hate the term collateral damage) anyway?
Maybe it's because I'm a Marine veteran, but it seems to me if, as a society, you commit to an act of war then you are also committing to killing "innocent" people. The one truth of war is that people who are just in the way die too. I won't go on a rant, but in the first Gulf War when the news networks were up in arms about two stray bombs hitting a school, my first thought was, "We must be the only generation who ever cared about this during a WAR!"
I might not have made myself clear, and also might've unintentionally insulted you (Bad Beer!), and if so, I apologize. I do want to point out that I don't think that your comments were "idiotic". They are just different from mine and come from a different set of experiences. To be honest -- while I might not agree with you much -- I'm kinda a daningram fan. OK, the last was a BIT too much, but you get my point. :)