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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: SilentZ who wrote (144878)4/13/2002 4:07:03 PM
From: ptanner  Read Replies (2) of 1573000
 
re: " I think that that's party of what Israel is doing, and part of what America is doing..."

I disagree. I don't think Israel (in Palestinian areas) or America (in Afghanistan) has been committing acts of terrorism. The actions in both instances have been careful to try and minimize harm to unarmed civilians and instead focused on those with weapons. I believe both Israel and America understand that if the civilian populations are to be kept civilian and not become active opposition (terrorist or militia) then it is in their interest to both limit the attacks which may harm civilians and further to provide them with aid (food drops).

re: "Also, as long as you only directly attack the non-civilians for such a cause, it's fine."

How about assassinations? The US govt believes that attacks directed solely at individuals is not acceptable even during a state of conflict. Now it was often noted that Saddam Hussein may have been in the communications bunkers targeted so often during the Gulf War...

-PT
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