It's because children are by definition blameless, innocent actors. It's impossible for a 5 year old to do evil, so it's universally agreed that even 1 child d

It's because children are by definition blameless, innocent actors. It's impossible for a 5 year old to do evil, so it's universally agreed that even 1 child dying in a war is too many. At least that used to be the case before this conflict.