Quote Originally Posted by Hoosier View Post
So, the entire "moral highground" concept goes out the door. Terrorists can justify terrorism, since anything goes?

Some percentage of the people picked up will be innocent. Should they be murdered as well?

There is a moral difference between combat on the battlefield, and putting a bullet in the head of someone who isn't posing you a risk.
I see your point. Terrorists do justify what they do. They believe in it and act upon it. If innocent people are picked up then they are not so innocent anymore. I TOTALLY agree with you on the moral difference between the battelfield and someone who walks in off the street confessing. On the battlefield anything goes, line em up when caught and shoot. If someone walks in off the street and confesses, etc, then yeah you can do all the holding, trying to befriend and all that crap, but they should still be killed. They may have a sincere change of heart. The guys on the battelfield though... no deal.

Maybe it is some "fantasy" as Jake so describes but that's how I think.