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Originally Posted by Marvelous Marv
By the logic above, since Al Qaeda has minions in a great many countries, the US is justified in nuking the hell out of any middle eastern country we please.
Hey, if it's acceptable to kill thousands of civilians to get your target ...
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No one here said it was acceptable. Take a moment. Rub your eyes and read the posts again.
The argument being made by the teacher and everyone else is that it is possible for the "Terrorists" to see the WTC as a military target. We don't have to agree with their point of view to understand it. In understanding it we don't have to embrace their point of view... quite the contrary.
Personally, I see arguing about whether or not they saw it as a military target as entirely beside the point. Civilians were going to die regardless of the target. In the end it served their purpose to blow up big American symbols (Pentagon, WTC, and potentially the White House). It was big. It was spectacular. It hit American (and by extention the west) where it hurts. In the military (pentagon), the leadership (the white house) and it's wallet (WTC). Big symbols all.
There is no need to justify it one way or the other.