FiremanRyan
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in another thread, someone brought up the idea that Americans are terrorists because there is no difference in them killing our civilians while we're over there doing the same thing. i keep hearing this argument but it holds little weight. going by this logic, both world wars would have been fought entirely by terrorists.
first of all, war is a conflict between military and militia powers and any collateral damage in the way of lost civilian life is unintended. obviously, during a time of war, the invaded country will experience this loss. i believe that the biggest part of defining terrorism is examining how and why innocent deaths come into play. the difference between war and terrorism is when civilians are intentionally targeted.
the argument by this group, saying that the Iraq war is merely terrorism on the United States part, is, in other words, saying that if we are soldiers, so are members of Al Quaeda. this is far from true. they are terrorist, not soldiers. put it blindly:
lets say country A wishes to wage war with country B because of some sort of national conflict. country A does not have the military power to engage country B in war so they send people from A to covertly attack innocent civilians within B. are these killers from A soldiers or terrorists?
first of all, war is a conflict between military and militia powers and any collateral damage in the way of lost civilian life is unintended. obviously, during a time of war, the invaded country will experience this loss. i believe that the biggest part of defining terrorism is examining how and why innocent deaths come into play. the difference between war and terrorism is when civilians are intentionally targeted.
the argument by this group, saying that the Iraq war is merely terrorism on the United States part, is, in other words, saying that if we are soldiers, so are members of Al Quaeda. this is far from true. they are terrorist, not soldiers. put it blindly:
lets say country A wishes to wage war with country B because of some sort of national conflict. country A does not have the military power to engage country B in war so they send people from A to covertly attack innocent civilians within B. are these killers from A soldiers or terrorists?
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