AndyBoyd 0 #26 April 23, 2013 Quote>On this definition, American soldiers fighting German soldiers in World War II were terrorists. I think the soldiers there were trying to achieve military goals, not political ones - and they did it by killing lots and lots of people rather than trying to scare the other side into doing what they wanted. Terrorists use fear to get what they want; militaries use force. (And yes, things like "shock and awe" are starting to blur that line.) Clausewitz from On War: "war is simply the continuation of policy by other means." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mpohl 1 #27 April 23, 2013 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Ustinov "One man's freedom fighter, is another man's terrorist." Truer words have never been spoken. P.S.: There would not be a USA today w/o "terrorists", "freedom fighters." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndyBoyd 0 #28 April 23, 2013 Quotehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Ustinov "One man's freedom fighter, is another man's terrorist." Truer words have never been spoken. P.S.: There would not be a USA today w/o "terrorists", "freedom fighters." Although I agree with the thought, that wasn't the point. The point was that military goals are political goals. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
