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Originally posted by Wax_off
One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter.
Remember that during the revolutionary war, American colonists used tactics that were considered unethical and against the rules of war. Attacking on Christmas? Hiding behind walls and shooting at the British soldiers in neat lines? Refusing to engage in face to face battles? But the colonist engaged in those tactics because they couldn't hope to win in a battle run by the British rules. To the British the revolutionary soldiers were criminals. To us, heros.
Same story with the terrorists. They're unhappy with American influence in the world, can't fight by our rules, so they're using other tactics, terrorism. And those tactics, however immoral by our standards, are effective. So why shouldn't they use them?
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Hiding in bushes and refusing to fight the British
soldiers "face to face" is quite different than flying a commercial jet full of innocent civilians into an office building of more innocent civilians. As for the effectiveness of terrorist acts aimed at civilians, ask anyone being held at Guantanamo Bay how effective they think it was.