dana tierney wrote:
>
> I thought I had already said, but maybe not clearly enough. Foreign
> soldiers on your own soil are military targets, not terrorist targets.
> I actually do NOT think attacks on US troops in Iraq are justified
> since at this point they are merely trying to keep the peace afaik,
> but this does not make these *terrorist* attacks.
I very much agree with that.
> The same applies to British troops in Northern Ireland. Unjustified,
> but not *terrorist* either.
I am not sure I would agree with the notion that the troops of the United Kingdom stationed in Northern Ireland are foreign troops.
> Bombing a campsite frequented by Israeli families or killing
> schoolchildren is beyond the pale and not only reprehensible
I agree.
> but DUMB and counterproductive.
If only that was true. No matter how reprehensible, I am inclined to believe terrorist attacks such as those are fundamental for the exposure of a terrorist group which in turn is fundamental to attracting new members.
Jochem
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