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optomon Rat                 Since: 02-12-06 From: California Last post: 6299 days Last view: 6298 days |
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| For me, terrorists are people whose objective is to attack innocent people in an attempt to coerce the governments of their victims. It is a horrible and desperate tactic. It was used often in World War 2 by countless countries including the United States.
Israel, as far as I know, does not intentionally kill innocent civilians. They do kill civilians, but it's unintentional and it's not their objective, killing Hezbollah is. Israel however is at least pressuring the Lebanese government to make them get on the same page politically in eradicating Hezbollah. While their actions are violent and deadly, I feel it would be unfair to label them as terrorists. Hezbollah is a terrorist organisation. They launch rockets into Israel with the objective of killing civilians to make Israel think differently about invading their country. Before that, they were terrorists anyway, with their bombings and kidnappings and such. |
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Rom Manic    Since: 12-18-05 From: Detroit, WHAT?! Last post: 6295 days Last view: 6295 days |
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Originally posted by geeogree Which contradicts me how? Originally posted by optomon By all appearances, they are terrorists. They very well fit the definition of it, by any means. But ask yourself, when is doing the wrong thing for the right reasons a bad thing? Does it make you any more evil than the one who does the wrong thing all the time? Oh, by the way, collateral damage is BULLSHIT. |
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optomon Rat Since: 02-12-06 From: California Last post: 6299 days Last view: 6298 days |
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| The point I was making there is that Israel does not fit under the definition of terrorism while hezbollah does.
The word terrorism has become a propoganda tool that is starting to carry a very negative connotation in this day and age. I understand how that could upset people. It is used to pit America against the Middle East, by citing the familiar tactic used by Arab militants against US civilians. Personally, it upsets me because now I don't get to use the word without offending anyone. Terrorism is more bullshit than collateral damage. While both are bullshit, one pile of it smells a little worse. We're talking something along the lines of first degree murder vs. third degree murder. But in the end, no one is really going to care about which one is more brutal because the result is pretty much the same: the innocent die. Like I said earlier, terrorism is a policy of desperation. Many Arab militants in the Middle East are desperate as they are no match for Israel's military to be attacking them head on. So they attack what they can to win. Terrorism is their only real chance of victory and I could understand their reasons for using the tactic. Doing the wrong thing for the right reason is what I feel both sides are doing. They are both fighting for what's good for their people. And now that Israel isn't tolerating ass kickings from Arab terrorists anymore, heated conflict will take effect. (edited by optomon on 08-04-06 04:06 AM) |
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