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.
01/02/2010 10:42:12 PM
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Lot of BS in there
01/02/2010 11:33:08 PM
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I'm afraid I have to agree with this.
01/02/2010 11:46:02 PM
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Well, no. Robbery accounts for a very small percentage of those attacks. Look at the chart.
01/02/2010 11:50:39 PM
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I found the so-called Islamophobic reply... allow me to quote it in its entirety.
01/02/2010 11:52:37 PM
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It's a valid complaint. *NM*
02/02/2010 01:49:08 AM
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I did note the rampant bias.
01/02/2010 11:48:55 PM
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Most of the Iraq violence isn't against the foreign occupier...
01/02/2010 11:54:44 PM
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Um, since when is all Mid-East terrorism against foreign occupiers?
02/02/2010 12:33:13 AM
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I would agree with this.
02/02/2010 02:33:47 AM
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It was bound to happen sooner or later.
02/02/2010 04:10:13 AM
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This is the only problem I have with "definitions"
02/02/2010 04:51:00 AM
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You're conflating two types of fighters who shouldn't be, I believe.
03/02/2010 06:16:21 AM
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I think you missed the point.
05/02/2010 05:15:40 AM
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One of us did.
05/02/2010 08:26:07 AM
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I'm not talking ETHICALLY or MORALLY
14/02/2010 06:41:32 PM
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I was, or at least speaking legally.
15/02/2010 06:54:50 AM
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Churchill's justification of bombings cited civilians as the targets, IIRC
03/02/2010 12:46:16 AM
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I did say, "deliberately, " and for a reason.
03/02/2010 04:23:44 AM
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WTF? Are these people serious?
02/02/2010 02:19:05 AM
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Ah, good. I've driven you out of lurking. Now recommend me operas. *NM*
02/02/2010 02:41:30 AM
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So I presume the article meant to highlight that Muslim American citizens aren't all that violent?
03/02/2010 04:17:06 AM
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How many other attacks killed almost 3,000 people of over 90 different nations?
03/02/2010 06:26:23 AM
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