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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: Neocon who wrote (446189)8/21/2003 3:51:17 PM
From: TigerPaw  Read Replies (1) of 769670
 
It is really a distinction without a difference.

The terrorist label is often used as an rhetorical device to delegitimise an enemy. Terrorism generally does have a military and political component. Even an attack on a military target is ultimately a method of making the civilian population feel insecure with their government and thereby open to a new one. Napalm and bunker-busters are not necessarily the most efficient weapons, but they did scare the heck out of the Baghdad residents whether they wore a uniform or not. The whole idea behind asymmetrical warfare is to use whatever method negates the advantage of the larger force, not to play by some preset definition.

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