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To: Lane3 who wrote (31213)	10/8/2001 11:26:40 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Two things are necessary to make a freedom fighter: a plausible case, one that not only seems, on its face, a grievance worth adjudicating, but one that, absent a proper venue, is worth a call to arms; and, secondly, refraining from the deliberate and indiscriminate targeting of civilians, most especially women and children. In World War Two, the Allies resorted to terror bombing, in response to the tactics of the Axis, reasoning that they could not allow the Axis a free hand, but must respond in kind. This is the one situation where it is arguable to target civilians, when trying to discourage further carnage........

To: Lane3 who wrote (31213)	10/8/2001 12:48:11 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 82486

Yet in his own perverted logic he's still a freedom fighter, seeking to free the holy land of Saudi Arabia from "occupation" by American troops, from American "exploitation" of its oil and from a "corrupt" and "godless" Saudi royal family. I agree with the article that it is perverted logic to consider Saudi Arabia as occupied by US forces. Usually when one talks about a military occupation it means that the occupying force controls the area and sets the agenda for what happens there. This is hardly the case in Saudi. Tim