Capital Punishment - so long as their is no doubt...not just reasonable...conclusive evidence based upon physical or conclusive circumstantial evidence...never upon witness testimony alone. Then yes.
I am with you on Euthanasia and abortion.
Now...here is where we diverge...one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter only applies when they attack valid military targets. Never the specific targeting of innocent civilians...ever. That is what made Osama NOT a freedom fighter...but a terrorist. There is no other way to look at it.
No, not looked upon as a killing to end a war. Others shall rise...we must rinse and repeat.
In the US and many other countries...major organized crime (mafia types) have a strict order against the public killing of innocents (that can be tied back to them) as they know they would be relentlessly hunted down. That is why they do not do it.
India suffered for over 200 years under the Thugees (Thugs)...a criminal organization that preyed upon innocent victims...they were only stopped after they were relentlessly hunted down and exterminated by the British.
The average American does not hate Islam...just the extreme groups of it. We are a very forgiving nation...and tolerant towards other religions..and ethnic groups...I would dare say more so than any other nation on Earth.
It seems to be that in the end there are always questions that must be asked by the people and government alike, but rarely are, such as: Do the ends justify the means?
The war in Iraq was considered a success based on the downfall of Sadam, but lets be realistic here –helping the people of Iraq to remove a dictator was secondary to the problem of Sadam having to much influence and control on Middle Eastern oil production.
Since the "War on Terror" started, the cost in civilian lives over the past decade in Iraq and Afghanistan, has far outweighed the loss of civilian life elsewhere? Also how many groups such as the "Kill Team" have been allowed to break or at least bend the rules of engagement without censure, which were only really exposed by a mistake?
The truth is that allied forces went into these zones for largely political and economic reasons, questions about civilian’s casualties and human rights were quite far down the list.
Then there is the horrendous loss of life within the allied forces, young men and women who will never come home again and lost their lives and those who continue to risk them every day.
War is an ugly business, and sometimes it is necessary, but not for political reasons, such as those in Iraq, and there comes a point where you have to question the cost in lives on both sides of the war in Afghanistan. The attack on 9/11 was horrific, as was the 7/7 attack in London, but when has enough blood been spilt? And how many lives need to be destroyed until enough is enough? The world will never be free of extremism, and continuing for this length of time serves only to fuel that particular fire.
Poll
