The attack on the Pentagon was done with a civilian aircraft...full of
civilians...that's terrorism.

Ray Shahan

"Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans", John Lennon

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wayne R. Boyer [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 2:57 PM
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> Subject:      Re: OT: Terry Jones (from Monty Python) on War
>
> In a message dated 2/11/03 1:27:41 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> [log in to unmask]
> writes:
>
>
> > Using unconventional military tactics against a superior military force
> is
> > not terrorism.
> >
>
> Agreed.  The attack on the USS Cole was NOT terrorism.  One could also
> argue
> that neither was the attack on the Pentagon.  It would definitely not have
> been terrorism had they used a truck bomb, etc.  The Cole and the Pentagon
> are military targets.  The media and some government officials seem very
> prone to using the word 'terrorism' for anything that happens that
> involves
> death and destruction against the USA.
>
> Wayne
>
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