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To: thames_sider who wrote (24031)	7/13/2006 5:53:37 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541071

I have a hard time untangling who is what in the ME in terms of terrorists.insurgents.resistance fighters. I'm not even going to try. I think the most I can say is that I prefer military targets to civilian ones- no matter who is doing the targeting. Mostly because it satisfies certain notions of fair play- since men and women in uniform go in to combat aware, and babies and children and women and the elderly not in uniform, as well as men just going about their daily work, have not signed up, and aren't (usually) armed combatants. It's one reason why 9/11 was so horrible, and it's why blowing up civilians elsewhere is equally horrible.

To: thames_sider who wrote (24031)	7/14/2006 6:34:10 PM
From: Mary Cluney	Respond to of 541071

This is where the definition of 'terrorist' shades into 'resistance fighter' I could use the slippery slope argument, but I know there are people smart enough on this thread to get me bogged down in arguments where my limitations in knowledge of mathematics would have me to finally admit that my views on nonviolence are not only simplistic but evil.

To: thames_sider who wrote (24031)	7/14/2006 7:33:45 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 541071

Speaking of Hamas -- and math -- here is a summary of a paper delivered earlier today on "THE DYNAMICS OF EXTREMISM AND GROUP IDENTITY - PRELIMINARY DRAFT." Uses Nash Equilibrium theory to analyze extremist religious group interaction. gmu.edu

To: thames_sider who wrote (24031)	7/15/2006 1:53:43 AM
From: Thomas M.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541071

Nice theory, but you either don't know the facts or you don't value Arab lives or property. Because I know you are one of SI's best political posters, I'm 100% sure it's the former. Hence Hezbollah acting against Israeli soldiers, on Israeli soil, without current cause, are terrorists... How is Hezbollah going to recover the hostages that Israel is holding without doing a prisoner swap? How is Lebanon going to recover the land Israel is occupying without using force? Israel has never conceded any land until it met force. Tom