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Originally posted by skywalker:
Going after the "Terrorists And The Countrys Who Harbor Them"!
That is a big boast that we (the USA) can not possibly follow up to its end. That's because politics gets in the way. It would mean a good part of the world would end up a smoking pile of debris and rubble. Terrorism is so widespread that this quote will not be taken totally seriously. I hate to say it, but one country's definition of a terrorist is another country's freedom fighter!
Mark
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Terrorist who act within their own countries are that countries problem, unless they ask the international community for support. Timothy McVeigh was a terrorist, but he attack targets in the US and was not harbored(read as supported) by the US government. We dealt with that problem on our own.
"Freedom Fighters" who leave their country and attack others are not really freedom fighters at all, they are invaders. Governments who support factions within their country, knowing those factions are targeting other countries are supporting terrorism.
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"The Martyr" (excerpt)
There is sobbing of the strong,
And a pall upon the land;
But the People in their weeping
Bare the iron hand:
Beware the People weeping
When they bare the iron hand.
--Herman Melville (written after the assasination of President Abraham Lincoln)