What Am I Missing? - Israel and Hamas (Palestinians)

[Mick-Boy]

Repetition in progress... standby for redundancy to occur:
Intended target, key word here, stay with me, I'm about to use "big words." Terrorists spout "Death to all infidels regardless of if they are actually picking up arms to fight us." The Pentagon passes down "Kill every last one of those terrorist scum, but do your damnedest to not let any civilian casualties occur." 'Course I'm paraphrasing here, but they don't care if they're killing US troops or just plain old John Q. American Public, 9/11 proved that pretty obvious. We're not carpet bombing all of Baghdad, launching raids into neighborhoods killing anything that isn't in US uniform. ROE, our mission, and goals for the wars we fight differ greatly from what terrorists believe, and if it really takes for me to sit here and spell it out for you then please cease and desist now, because it's honestly just making me think you're really dumb, or really uneducated in current affairs. Ok, so I didn't use "big words" I decided to speak in layman's terms.

Ronin you have a very narrow understanding of terrorism. Do you think the FARC or the IRA sits around saying death to the infidels?

Terrorism is a tactic usually used by a group when they don't feel they have the political means or military might to achieve their goals. If you don't believe that from their perspective their goals are just then perhaps you're the one who should cease and desist now.

I said earlier I was looking for a little intellectual honesty. Let's try to at least be consistent here. You still haven't answered my post on pg 8. I'm looking forward to your thoughts.

[CMP_5.56]

Ronin you have a very narrow understanding of terrorism. Do you think the FARC or the IRA sits around saying death to the infidels?

Terrorism is a tactic usually used by a group when they don't feel they have the political means or military might to achieve their goals. If you don't believe that from their perspective their goals are just then perhaps you're the one who should cease and desist now.

I said earlier I was looking for a little intellectual honesty. Let's try to at least be consistent here. You still haven't answered my post on pg 8. I'm looking forward to your thoughts.

Before you call the IRA terrorists, i suggest you read The History Of The IRA. I personally don't consider the IRA terrorists.

[Mick-Boy]

Before you call the IRA terrorists, i suggest you read The History Of The IRA. I personally don't consider the IRA terrorists.

And again we come back to perspective. Ask a member of the RUC and I'm certain they'll describe the IRA as terrorists. Ask someone from Dublin and you'll likely get a different answer. The British Government has them listed as a proscribed organization in their anti-terror acts (2000?). They call themselves freedom fighters. Perspective.

Edited to add- Are you talking about Coogan's "The IRA: A History"? Because I've read it.