Terror in my country :(

[TracyCoxx]

Originally Posted by ila

Does it make it any less of a terrorist act because the target was military?

Is it okay to attack anyone because they are military?

Are soldiers any less deserving to live than civilians?

I'd have to agree with Sesame and (gasp) SluttyShemaleAnna. That was actually a very good and thought provoking post Anna. When Al Qaeda attacked the USS Cole, that was not terrorism. It was a legitimate military target. Attacking the Pentagon was a legitmate military target. Even if they used a plane full of civilians. The passengers were not the primary target. Of course attacking the twin towers was terrorism.

Ila, it's a soldier's duty to stand between his country's enemies and his country's citizens. Yes their lives as valuable as the lives of citizens, but they represent their country's best values and are the best trained and equipped to defend their country. So to attack a country's military is always more honorable than attacking a country's untrained, often unprepared civilians.

Originally Posted by TracyCoxx

When Al Qaeda attacked the USS Cole, that was not terrorism. It was a legitimate military target.

That should have been the wake-up call: "THIS IS A DECLARATION OF WAR AGAINST THE INFIDELS! WE WILL KILL ALL OF YOU IF YOU DO NOT CAPITULATE!"
Instead, some idiot or collection of idiots in the Clinton administration decide that an attack on an American warship is not a military matter, but a criminal one.
"Eh, just send in the Feebs and shoot off a few missiles at al-Qaeda's camps in the 'Stan. In the meantime, I got an important meeting with an intern..."