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Originally Posted by John Wilkes Booth
they use those tactics because they work. if you look at the reasoning islamic extremists give for defending suicide attacks, it is largely that this is the only weapon they have left while the west has a top notch military & weapons industry.
i should clarify what i mean by respect. i don't mean admiration. i mean respect in the same way churchhill & roosevelt must have respected the nazi regime. if you notice the potential in a threat, you have to respect them on some level. otherwise you have no reason to regard them as a threat.
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That reasoning doesn't work because civilians are the targets of suicide bombers, it isn't so much used against the military. It's more likely that terrorist would use improvised explosive devices (and not a suicide bomber) against the military. And it's not a West vs. islamic extremists problem, but an islamic extremists vs. anybody-in-the-world-not-with-them problem.
12,000 Iraqis died in war by suicide bombs - UPI.com
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Originally Posted by mord
Actually, I like you a lot, Nea. That's why I treat you like ****. It's the MB way.
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