> -----Original Message-----
> From: fred White [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 2:54 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: OT: Terry Jones (from Monty Python) on War
>
>

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> The fact that the Palestinians resort to unconventional means to
> battle, is not attributed to the fact that, unlike the Israelis, they
> do not have support of the most powerful nation on Earth. Instead, we
> just write them off as "terrorists" who "get what they deserve".
>
> If you recall our own revolution, the British red coats marched along
> in military formation while we resorted to ungentlemanly (terrorist)
> tactics such as ambush. We didn't  possess a trained military with
> comparable weaponry so were forced to adopt a strategy which seemed to
> have the best chance of success. That's what today's terrorists have
> been forced to do.
>

Nice try but there is no comparison between the two.

Using unconventional military tactics against a superior military force is
not terrorism.

Strapping a bomb to a teenager and sending them into a crowded bar to kill
themselves and any civilians present IS terrorism. The fact that the
families then put there hand out to Saddam for payment makes it a sickening
crime against there own flesh and blood.

Revisionist history aside, I still believe that the Arab world will in no
way permit peace with Isreal no matter what peace plan Isreal agrees to. The
need that conflict far to much for them to let a little thing like
Palestinian lives get in the way.

Comments are my own, not my employer's... etc.





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