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Originally Posted by jorgelito
Whoa, lack of a military or what-not is no excuse for terrorism. The issues must be separated. There is also a difference between targeting civilians deliberately and incidental or collateral damage to civilians (especially after warning them first).
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Terrorism is wrong, and militarism is wrong. I see neither as being justifiable, so therefore equating them in my mind works. Many people choose to think that terrorism only targets civilians. That's not true. Many terrorists target military instilations (not that I am excusing that at all, simply that militart targets are not civilian targets). Many people also like to believe that the only time militaries kill innocents is when they are collateral damage, or incodently killed when we are trying to kill the real bad guys. Well ask anyone in Iraq about how the military treats civilians (and I am speaking both of the former Iraqi army and the current US invasion and occupation), and they will sing a very different tune.
I would never excuse terrorism, but I am able to understand why they do it. Likewise I understand militarism, but I would never excuse it either.