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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (122626)	7/2/2005 2:44:58 PM
From: neolib	Read Replies (1) of 793957

No, guy. The weak fight the strong with irregular wars; Could you give me some modern examples? The overwhelming number of cases I can think about since the 1950's have used terrorism as well. BTW, it is the mean which defines a term, not something on the tail of the distribution. The examples I'm thinking of include most of the wars for colonial liberation, the foundation of Israel, Central & South American wars, and the ethnic wars sprinkled around the globe today. but you never saw George Washington sending in incendiaries to burn down towns that sympathized with the British, to terrorize the population into compliance. Such as we did in 'Nam? In fact, Gitmo and the entire debate about POW treatment is another example of how the "weak" fight the strong. It is our lack of confidence in the ability of traditional methods prevailing in the WOT that has led to pushing the envelope in this area. We feel vulnerable, and the expectation of additional advantage leads to acceptance of methods which we would not apply to a traditional foe. One can be or feel weak in different ways.

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