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Strange, I think your point was to present the loss of life on both as being equally atrocious, however most of us feel that "intent" is the true measure of conduct.
The WTC bombing was a mass murder, meant to be as such. There was never any other intention but to kill innocent Americans. The target had no military value, nor did the structure have any entity that was diametrically opposed to the radical Islamic movement. Its fall had no strategic value.
Our mission, to route the terrorist threat, is less definable than say a strict ground campaign, but we only pursue military targets. If a radical Islamic group held the position over us that we hold over Iraq, the death toll would be in the millions.
Face it Strange, you have a good heart, but not all the world feels as you do. As a westerner, the radical Islamic would kill you for just being a westerner, and celebrate it. Yet, at least in the USA, our mid eastern emigrants aren't being hunted in the streets.
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