Originally posted by: Obi Jeewhyen
You realize, of course, that claiming the Japanese citizens were - in essence - enemy combatants (to use the modern term for non-military fighting force) is tantamount to a rationalization of terrorism itself - - i.e, seeing civilians as legitimate military/political-objective targets.
You realize, of course, that claiming the Japanese citizens were - in essence - enemy combatants (to use the modern term for non-military fighting force) is tantamount to a rationalization of terrorism itself - - i.e, seeing civilians as legitimate military/political-objective targets.
This thread has totally degenerated.
I just want to say, quickly, that terrorism does not target a civilian population in any way where damage is sustained. It cannot, by definition, win a "war" since at best, it can only seek to influence free populations through random fear. This kind of behavior delegitimizes a terrorist’s chosen targets in the first place. When you start considering the hypocritical and evil goals of the prominent terrorist groups in our modern world, you can see to an even greater degree how their targets are not legitimate.