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I was, or at least speaking legally. Joel Send a noteboard - 15/02/2010 06:54:50 AM
But from the viewpoint of fighting a war, the guy shooting at your convoy is by definition a bad guy.

And I think most of us recognize that dimension on a basic level; few would condone life imprisonment of enemy soldiers simply for BEING enemy soldiers, but that seems quite reasonable to me for proven terrorists. Another of the differences, in fact; armies will naturally try to liberate POW camps if practical, but the existence of POWs does not, in itself, become an additional cause for war, because all sides know POWs will ultimately be released after hostilities end.

It's really a pretty basic difference: The enemy soldier and the terrorist are both your foe, but one of them tries to stop you by killing you; the other is too cowardly for that and instead tries to murder your kids so you stop yourself. That's why Sgt. York got a medal and Lt. Calley got a court martial.
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All Terrorists are Muslims… except the 94% that aren’t. Ghavrel - 01/02/2010 10:42:12 PM 1893 Views
I find that unsurprising. LadyLorraine - 01/02/2010 11:31:43 PM 549 Views
Lot of BS in there Isaac - 01/02/2010 11:33:08 PM 674 Views
I'm afraid I have to agree with this. Legolas - 01/02/2010 11:46:02 PM 619 Views
Well, no. Robbery accounts for a very small percentage of those attacks. Look at the chart. Ghavrel - 01/02/2010 11:50:39 PM 578 Views
I found the so-called Islamophobic reply... allow me to quote it in its entirety. Legolas - 01/02/2010 11:52:37 PM 597 Views
It's a valid complaint. *NM* Ghavrel - 02/02/2010 01:49:08 AM 230 Views
Whose complaint is valid? Legolas - 02/02/2010 01:55:58 AM 566 Views
Yours. *NM* Ghavrel - 02/02/2010 02:15:01 AM 239 Views
I did note the rampant bias. Ghavrel - 01/02/2010 11:48:55 PM 681 Views
What about attacks on Iraqi police volunteers? beckstcw - 01/02/2010 11:53:58 PM 583 Views
it only included attacks on American soil *NM* random thoughts - 02/02/2010 02:03:16 PM 246 Views
Most of the Iraq violence isn't against the foreign occupier... Legolas - 01/02/2010 11:54:44 PM 610 Views
Ahem... /\ /\ /\ beckstcw - 01/02/2010 11:56:34 PM 627 Views
Dude, 46 seconds. I was typing it while you posted. *NM* Legolas - 02/02/2010 12:05:44 AM 232 Views
True, but I was referring to attacks on US soldiers. Ghavrel - 02/02/2010 01:47:55 AM 577 Views
That's still a bad benchmark Isaac - 02/02/2010 10:00:23 AM 670 Views
You would be very wrong random thoughts - 02/02/2010 02:11:08 PM 625 Views
Um, since when is all Mid-East terrorism against foreign occupiers? Joel - 02/02/2010 12:33:13 AM 742 Views
I would agree with this. Cannoli - 02/02/2010 02:33:47 AM 663 Views
It was bound to happen sooner or later. Joel - 02/02/2010 04:10:13 AM 703 Views
This is the only problem I have with "definitions" beckstcw - 02/02/2010 04:51:00 AM 576 Views
You're conflating two types of fighters who shouldn't be, I believe. Joel - 03/02/2010 06:16:21 AM 564 Views
I think you missed the point. beckstcw - 05/02/2010 05:15:40 AM 574 Views
One of us did. Joel - 05/02/2010 08:26:07 AM 754 Views
I'm not talking ETHICALLY or MORALLY beckstcw - 14/02/2010 06:41:32 PM 587 Views
I was, or at least speaking legally. Joel - 15/02/2010 06:54:50 AM 633 Views
Churchill's justification of bombings cited civilians as the targets, IIRC Cannoli - 03/02/2010 12:46:16 AM 770 Views
I did say, "deliberately, " and for a reason. Joel - 03/02/2010 04:23:44 AM 720 Views
Re: I did say, "deliberately, " and for a reason. Cannoli - 05/02/2010 02:22:10 AM 908 Views
Re: I did say, "deliberately, " and for a reason. Joel - 15/02/2010 09:46:48 AM 752 Views
Lame. beckstcw - 01/02/2010 11:55:50 PM 527 Views
Demographics are the key, methinks. Joel - 02/02/2010 12:20:46 AM 680 Views
WTF? Are these people serious? Tom - 02/02/2010 02:19:05 AM 618 Views
Ah, good. I've driven you out of lurking. Now recommend me operas. *NM* Ghavrel - 02/02/2010 02:41:30 AM 230 Views
Huh? *NM* Tom - 02/02/2010 02:03:24 PM 248 Views
I made a survey on musicals and operas on the board! Ghavrel - 02/02/2010 05:15:45 PM 536 Views
I agree with tom Roland00 - 02/02/2010 02:54:53 AM 580 Views
So what? Cannoli - 02/02/2010 02:23:42 AM 624 Views
Waco were terrorist? Do they just make this crap up? *NM* random thoughts - 02/02/2010 02:00:40 PM 432 Views
So I presume the article meant to highlight that Muslim American citizens aren't all that violent? Larry - 03/02/2010 04:17:06 AM 648 Views
I'd assume so. It's not very well written, though. *NM* Ghavrel - 03/02/2010 06:35:37 AM 344 Views
How many other attacks killed almost 3,000 people of over 90 different nations? Griffen - 03/02/2010 06:26:23 AM 659 Views
leftist dhimmi allies... rofl BlackAdder - 04/02/2010 04:56:48 AM 571 Views
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