good point
> 2.) Who is a soldier? If the Marines are in Iraq for security and
> rebuilding purposes are they soldiers or policemen?
another good point. Or, as I asked earlier, what about civilian
contractors driving military supply trucks?
> What if we said "terrorism" was any external attack meant to control a
> group or population?
external? As in non-Iraqi? How would you know? I'd disagree with this
as it would make the IRA bombs in pubs not terrorism. I think my
soldier/civilian dichotomy, while not perfest, is better.
> So, for example, if American soldiers are kidnapped and beheaded in
> an effort to terrorize the American public to pull out of Iraq, that's
> terrorism even though the attack is against a US
> soldier
So wait, if you shoot a soldier, that's a military action and if you
behead him that is terrorism? It may not meet international standards
for the treatment of prisoners of war :) but I don't think I agree
with that.
Dana
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