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Originally Posted by wibblyesq
Oh, is that so?
So, when the terrorists attack US troops, they're no longer terrorists?
When they blew up the base in saudia arabia, that wasn't terrorism, nor was the attack on the USS Cole?
Get over yourself, terrorism is just a word, and that word means something different to each person who uses it to "instill fear into the general population".
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When they engage coalition forces from civilian areas or dressed as civilians - not representing a state and bound by the laws and customs that the state - then they are indeed terrorists, aren't they? Who can be held responsible for their actions? It is their strength, is it not? Very few stand-up fights taking place when we do engage these fuckers.
Words have specific meanings, and being ignorant of the meaning or wishing it had a different one doesn't make one less wrong. People who want to equate terrorists with soldiers are misguided.