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<DIV>In a message dated 12/15/2005 11:18:27 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
spike66@comcast.net writes:</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>This is
a critically important distinction. Not only do<BR>terrorists kill
civilians, but in some cases they target<BR>children intentionally. I
have heard of two cases where<BR>a car bomb was driven into a bunch of kids
who had crowded<BR>around a US marine who was giving away toys and
candy. So<BR>he managed to slay a US marine, congratulations, enjoy
<BR>your 73 virgins. In the process they killed 30 or more <BR>kids, who
were guilty of what? <BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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<DIV> In the case of killing enemy civilians, the
rationale given by Osama Bin Laden in his "Letter to America" (also given by the
Nazis, who were prolific civilian-killers themselves), was that though they may
not pick up guns and fight, they pay the taxes which support their nation's
armed forces, thus taking them out might hurt the enemy's ability to continue
waging war. Or in the case of the Nazis, they maintained that killing enemy
civilians, including children, was killing potential future enemy soldiers. Or
people who might produce future enemy soldiers in the case of killing women and
girls.</DIV>
<DIV> In the case of killing children and other
non-combatants of the country you're trying to save. Different cultures, also
different governments, organizations, and individuals, have different ideas
about what constitutes acceptable tactical losses.</DIV>
<DIV> Or, revenge and causing pain may really be more
important to them technically than expelling the foreigners from their country
or creating justice. Defense and justice are different from revenge. But on
some, the distinction is lost, or is unimportant.</DIV>
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<DIV>Mike</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>