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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 1714 Views
I find that unsurprising. LadyLorraine - 01/02/2010 11:31:43 PM 406 Views
Lot of BS in there Isaac - 01/02/2010 11:33:08 PM 516 Views
I'm afraid I have to agree with this. Legolas - 01/02/2010 11:46:02 PM 468 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 427 Views
I found the so-called Islamophobic reply... allow me to quote it in its entirety. Legolas - 01/02/2010 11:52:37 PM 446 Views
It's a valid complaint. *NM* Ghavrel - 02/02/2010 01:49:08 AM 183 Views
Whose complaint is valid? Legolas - 02/02/2010 01:55:58 AM 416 Views
Yours. *NM* Ghavrel - 02/02/2010 02:15:01 AM 179 Views
I did note the rampant bias. Ghavrel - 01/02/2010 11:48:55 PM 523 Views
What about attacks on Iraqi police volunteers? beckstcw - 01/02/2010 11:53:58 PM 433 Views
it only included attacks on American soil *NM* random thoughts - 02/02/2010 02:03:16 PM 189 Views
Most of the Iraq violence isn't against the foreign occupier... Legolas - 01/02/2010 11:54:44 PM 440 Views
Ahem... /\ /\ /\ beckstcw - 01/02/2010 11:56:34 PM 473 Views
Dude, 46 seconds. I was typing it while you posted. *NM* Legolas - 02/02/2010 12:05:44 AM 168 Views
True, but I was referring to attacks on US soldiers. Ghavrel - 02/02/2010 01:47:55 AM 414 Views
That's still a bad benchmark Isaac - 02/02/2010 10:00:23 AM 505 Views
You would be very wrong random thoughts - 02/02/2010 02:11:08 PM 468 Views
Um, since when is all Mid-East terrorism against foreign occupiers? Joel - 02/02/2010 12:33:13 AM 593 Views
I would agree with this. Cannoli - 02/02/2010 02:33:47 AM 514 Views
It was bound to happen sooner or later. Joel - 02/02/2010 04:10:13 AM 540 Views
This is the only problem I have with "definitions" beckstcw - 02/02/2010 04:51:00 AM 420 Views
You're conflating two types of fighters who shouldn't be, I believe. Joel - 03/02/2010 06:16:21 AM 411 Views
I think you missed the point. beckstcw - 05/02/2010 05:15:40 AM 416 Views
One of us did. Joel - 05/02/2010 08:26:07 AM 590 Views
I'm not talking ETHICALLY or MORALLY beckstcw - 14/02/2010 06:41:32 PM 424 Views
I was, or at least speaking legally. Joel - 15/02/2010 06:54:50 AM 486 Views
Churchill's justification of bombings cited civilians as the targets, IIRC Cannoli - 03/02/2010 12:46:16 AM 608 Views
I did say, "deliberately, " and for a reason. Joel - 03/02/2010 04:23:44 AM 555 Views
Re: I did say, "deliberately, " and for a reason. Cannoli - 05/02/2010 02:22:10 AM 759 Views
Re: I did say, "deliberately, " and for a reason. Joel - 15/02/2010 09:46:48 AM 569 Views
Lame. beckstcw - 01/02/2010 11:55:50 PM 405 Views
Demographics are the key, methinks. Joel - 02/02/2010 12:20:46 AM 531 Views
WTF? Are these people serious? Tom - 02/02/2010 02:19:05 AM 459 Views
Ah, good. I've driven you out of lurking. Now recommend me operas. *NM* Ghavrel - 02/02/2010 02:41:30 AM 172 Views
Huh? *NM* Tom - 02/02/2010 02:03:24 PM 180 Views
I made a survey on musicals and operas on the board! Ghavrel - 02/02/2010 05:15:45 PM 390 Views
I agree with tom Roland00 - 02/02/2010 02:54:53 AM 429 Views
So what? Cannoli - 02/02/2010 02:23:42 AM 478 Views
Waco were terrorist? Do they just make this crap up? *NM* random thoughts - 02/02/2010 02:00:40 PM 362 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 509 Views
I'd assume so. It's not very well written, though. *NM* Ghavrel - 03/02/2010 06:35:37 AM 287 Views
How many other attacks killed almost 3,000 people of over 90 different nations? Griffen - 03/02/2010 06:26:23 AM 494 Views
leftist dhimmi allies... rofl BlackAdder - 04/02/2010 04:56:48 AM 416 Views
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