IMHO, there is no difference between killing with suicide bombs and cruise missiles.  The people are just as dead and the intent of the perpetrators is the same -- to incite terror.

 BTW, of course killing one's self in the process of inflicting pain on one's enemy or in the perceived belief that one is protecting one's friends and loved ones is usually considered more courageous that pressing a button or raining terror upon an enemy from a weapons platform flying overhead -- except of course in the case of "terrorists."

 As far as I can tell, the point to be examined here is that one side is seen by the vast majority of Americans and their media as heroes and victims and the other side is depicted as cowards and terrorists.  The fact that the United States and Great Brittain can decide to illegally invade a sovereign country that has neither attacked nor threatened the former and then kill tens maybe hundreds of thousands of civilians without one drop of remorse is appalling.  The American/British dead are heroes and saints and the dead Iraqis are worthless, not even worthy of note except as a statistic.

This is what we have with the Israelis and the Palestinians in Gaza.  One side lionized and the other demonized.  The handful killed by Palestinian rockets balanced against the hundreds killed by Israeli military action and their abdication of legitimate responsibilities as an occupying power.