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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 1768 Views
I find that unsurprising. LadyLorraine - 01/02/2010 11:31:43 PM 454 Views
Lot of BS in there Isaac - 01/02/2010 11:33:08 PM 565 Views
I'm afraid I have to agree with this. Legolas - 01/02/2010 11:46:02 PM 519 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 486 Views
I found the so-called Islamophobic reply... allow me to quote it in its entirety. Legolas - 01/02/2010 11:52:37 PM 503 Views
It's a valid complaint. *NM* Ghavrel - 02/02/2010 01:49:08 AM 192 Views
Whose complaint is valid? Legolas - 02/02/2010 01:55:58 AM 465 Views
Yours. *NM* Ghavrel - 02/02/2010 02:15:01 AM 199 Views
I did note the rampant bias. Ghavrel - 01/02/2010 11:48:55 PM 575 Views
What about attacks on Iraqi police volunteers? beckstcw - 01/02/2010 11:53:58 PM 481 Views
it only included attacks on American soil *NM* random thoughts - 02/02/2010 02:03:16 PM 206 Views
Most of the Iraq violence isn't against the foreign occupier... Legolas - 01/02/2010 11:54:44 PM 495 Views
Ahem... /\ /\ /\ beckstcw - 01/02/2010 11:56:34 PM 522 Views
Dude, 46 seconds. I was typing it while you posted. *NM* Legolas - 02/02/2010 12:05:44 AM 189 Views
True, but I was referring to attacks on US soldiers. Ghavrel - 02/02/2010 01:47:55 AM 474 Views
That's still a bad benchmark Isaac - 02/02/2010 10:00:23 AM 565 Views
You would be very wrong random thoughts - 02/02/2010 02:11:08 PM 523 Views
Um, since when is all Mid-East terrorism against foreign occupiers? Joel - 02/02/2010 12:33:13 AM 643 Views
I would agree with this. Cannoli - 02/02/2010 02:33:47 AM 562 Views
It was bound to happen sooner or later. Joel - 02/02/2010 04:10:13 AM 593 Views
This is the only problem I have with "definitions" beckstcw - 02/02/2010 04:51:00 AM 471 Views
You're conflating two types of fighters who shouldn't be, I believe. Joel - 03/02/2010 06:16:21 AM 464 Views
I think you missed the point. beckstcw - 05/02/2010 05:15:40 AM 465 Views
One of us did. Joel - 05/02/2010 08:26:07 AM 640 Views
I'm not talking ETHICALLY or MORALLY beckstcw - 14/02/2010 06:41:32 PM 475 Views
I was, or at least speaking legally. Joel - 15/02/2010 06:54:50 AM 537 Views
Churchill's justification of bombings cited civilians as the targets, IIRC Cannoli - 03/02/2010 12:46:16 AM 655 Views
I did say, "deliberately, " and for a reason. Joel - 03/02/2010 04:23:44 AM 607 Views
Re: I did say, "deliberately, " and for a reason. Cannoli - 05/02/2010 02:22:10 AM 805 Views
Re: I did say, "deliberately, " and for a reason. Joel - 15/02/2010 09:46:48 AM 639 Views
Lame. beckstcw - 01/02/2010 11:55:50 PM 429 Views
Demographics are the key, methinks. Joel - 02/02/2010 12:20:46 AM 580 Views
WTF? Are these people serious? Tom - 02/02/2010 02:19:05 AM 516 Views
Ah, good. I've driven you out of lurking. Now recommend me operas. *NM* Ghavrel - 02/02/2010 02:41:30 AM 192 Views
Huh? *NM* Tom - 02/02/2010 02:03:24 PM 208 Views
I made a survey on musicals and operas on the board! Ghavrel - 02/02/2010 05:15:45 PM 441 Views
I agree with tom Roland00 - 02/02/2010 02:54:53 AM 476 Views
So what? Cannoli - 02/02/2010 02:23:42 AM 525 Views
Waco were terrorist? Do they just make this crap up? *NM* random thoughts - 02/02/2010 02:00:40 PM 381 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 554 Views
I'd assume so. It's not very well written, though. *NM* Ghavrel - 03/02/2010 06:35:37 AM 306 Views
How many other attacks killed almost 3,000 people of over 90 different nations? Griffen - 03/02/2010 06:26:23 AM 545 Views
leftist dhimmi allies... rofl BlackAdder - 04/02/2010 04:56:48 AM 461 Views
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