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War is brutal and uncivil, its kinda odd that we would try and make it civil, no?
Terrorism vs. Guerilla tactics
Terrorism is cheap and dirty. It targets civilians or "non-combantants". It often violates the rules of war when you have non-distingushed combantants attacking the military. Guerillism (hey it might be a word) distorts all of the rules because they often use terrorist tactics albeit against defined military targets.
I get pissed when people try and equate how our forefathers fought the British with terrorism, its complete bullshit and has no basis. They got smart and realized they couldn't beat the British at their own game of fucking retarded volleying shots. They were illequipped and not trained as regulars in a alot of cases, so they adapted and found a way to beat them.
Collateral is always unfortunate but it is a part of the nature of the beast. It should be avoided at all costs, but in these days of WMD's and even souped up non-WMD's shit happens, weapons and bullets are blind.
What all of this comes down to is desperate tactics from desperate people. If you are feeling threatened you will throw chivalry to the wind, thats just our nature.
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