I think I was trying to squeeze more mileage out of "You're either part of the solution or you're part of the problem." It's a maxim of limited use, applicable I think only when all the factors in the equation are active participants on one side or another. (Classic example: Nazi occupation, French Resistance, French Collabos.)
Doesn't seem on first blush to apply to neutral civilians . But it could be argued in a time of great national trial, there is no "neutral" - - each and every one must take a side. In the Baghdad marketplace, for example, the problem is the American occupation, the solution is the Resistance, the citizens who are not part of the Resistance are a part of the problem. Dubya put it another way, either yer with us or yer against us.
But then you have children - - I guess THEY would be the real "innocents" on both sides. The adults have a role to play. Kids don't.