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To: AK2004 who wrote (144872)	4/13/2002 3:36:34 AM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572885

Albert, <he defended Andreas' point that terrorism is a matter of perspective.> The only other perspective I can take is one that views terrorism as just another means of waging war. If that's the case, then absolutely no one should complain when Israel responds with military might. Forget who's right or who's wrong, just let the Palestinians and the Israelis duke it out. The winner will get the legitimate claim to the holy lands, as well as the right to rewrite history in their favor. Of course, that would go against the liberal viewpoint that war is always wrong, and all "evil" comes from the rich-n-powerful. But hey, when was the liberal viewpoint ever a logically consistent one? ;-) Tenchusatsu

To: AK2004 who wrote (144872)	4/13/2002 10:34:10 AM
From: SilentZ	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1572885

>"the systematic use of violence to create a general climate of fear in a population and thereby to bring about a particular political objective." See, I think that that's party of what Israel is doing, and part of what America is doing... I mean, when you have a population in which many of the people actually do support the "evil" government, such as the population in Afghanistan and in the West Bank/Gaza, you do need to let them understand that doing so is not going to get them anywhere. Also, as long as you only directly attack the non-civilians for such a cause, it's fine. Once again, perhaps there should be a better term than "terrorism". -Z