Originally posted by DKSuddeth
I'm sure that they were aimed at the bad guys and not civilians with every possible intention of being that way but we've seen and heard the damage reports of missed bombs and missiles, hell one ended up in Iran, so while we relied on technology to attempt avoidance of civilians it didn't work that way. Going overboard to protect the civilians would have been to keep 'shock and awe' from happening and using more mobile ground forces with better lines of sight.
I think using the words 'shock and awe' was the only bad thing here. It was stupid to use those kind of words leading into war. I do think they did everything possible to avoid civilian deaths though.