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To: thames_sider who wrote (24022)	7/13/2006 4:57:32 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 541109

I do think it is important to distinguish between soldiers and non- soldiers. For example, during the Nazi occupation of Europe many would see the killing of a Nazi soldier as a legitimate act of war, even by "terrorists". I would find it hard to distinguish other terrorists in occupied territories from the folks who fought the Nazis. For that reason I put it the way that I did. Terrorism is not always "wrong", not even from a general US perspective- I think most people support the "terrorist" groups that worked against the Nazis. I think most of us understand why oppressed people whose countries have been occupied resort to terrorism. People in the US used to think the Taleban acts of terrorism against the Russians were laudable. Sorting the "good" terrorists from the "bad" ones usually depends on subjective judgments, but the difference between a soldier and a civilian is usually more objective (though not always, a la Veitnam).

To: thames_sider who wrote (24022)	7/19/2006 1:16:17 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 541109

But one evil does not justify a greater evil. And it's starting to really hack me off when Israel claims the privileges of a civilised country, but refuses to follow civilised rules. If militants affiliated with a major Mexican party, who had members in their parliament captured and killed American soldiers or border patrol agents, refused to release them unless we released a bunch of Mexicans or Mexican Americans from our prisons, moved them deeper in to Mexico, fired rockets in the the US, and faced no counter action from the Mexican police or military, than the US might militarily intervene in Mexico and it would not fall outside the bounds of the actions of a civilized country, or of civilized international rules.