Regular forces are engaged in combat (would that need not be). Civilians get killed and/or injured. Tragic.

Freedom Fighters vis a vis Terrorists are a different issue. Sure, one man's freedom fighter is another man's terrorist. (Forgive the term "man"---not PC I know).   

My point was that in the world we live in the Kerry idea of community, nuance, and such is a better thing than the shoot from the hip W philosophy.   

I reiterate---"Crusaders come to mind". My point there was merely to show that there was a lot of state sponsored "terrorism," many years ago also. How Israel entered into it was that I was trying to show that the Brits were the state in those years, the Arabs were being teroristic, and the new state was merely defending itself after a UN mandate and the "terror" agains the Brits was self defense.   

By the way--you forgot to mention 1972. Any comment there about terrorists.


Bill Hahn