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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (2396)	10/3/2001 12:30:13 PM
From: FaultLine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

"The British thought we were terrorists because our soldiers hid behind rocks and trees, sniping against their superior forces" But we still were engaging their soldiers, not their civilians, as the primary targets. It wasn't until WWII that we saw nations engaging in terror bombing against population centers, including the firebombings of London, Conventry, Berlin, Hamburg, Tokyo, Dresden, Hiroshima, Nagasaki.... But under the terms of "total war", there are no "innocent civilians because they are all engaged in perpetuating the war effort. So if Al- Qaeda has declared total war against the US, and they are using total war logic in targeting their attacks, whoever harbors them becomes their ally, and thus, eligible for reciprocal attacks against their civilian population... N'est pas?? I've been trying to put together a mental model that rationalizes our WWII actions within the context of the present situation. I think you have helped me do exactly that. --fl