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Originally Posted by Stefan
Similarly, the coalition was responsible for the deaths of thousands of civilians during the war itself, does that therefore make us terrorists?
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I would tend to consider the ones who hide among the innocent and in the mosques in an effort to protect their own hides and thus directly cause the death of those who have no dog in the fight as terrorists. I can not believe in the televison age and with the speed at which al Jazeera would get it on the air, that Coalition forces would intentionally attack innocents. However, the converse has been shown many, many, many times.
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Originally Posted by Stefan
As a final point, consider the speed with which the 'Northern Alliance' went from 'Freedom Fighters' to 'Terrorists.'
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That's news to me, also.
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Originally Posted by Skipper67
Sorry but I only agree to some points: the Resistance did kill civilians, including some innocent, especially after the liberation.
If somebody was considered a traitor or a collaborator he would be executed without a trial. Sometimes they were not collaborators but it was an easy way to get rid of a neighbour. It happened in the smallest villages. You don't wanted to give you last cow? you were a traitor and you got a bullet: that's the way it was. You had something to hide , shoot the witness and tell he's a traitor. I have many detailled examples. My point is that there are no "nice guys" and that there are no "noble" fighters either. It's dirty work but it had to be done.
Nothing comparable with fanatics who blow themselves up on a market I perfectly agree with you about that.
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I have no disagreement with you any of this, Skipper
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Originally Posted by Sloniksp
Surely you are not that naive.
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Yes, I am. I support fully what is going on there. I think that Bush's largest mistake was underestimating the lack of backbone exhibited by large portions of the non-Moslem world. Whether we like it or not, this part of the fight between the radical followers of Mohammed and the rest of the infidel world.
Does anyone out there know what the first war the nascent United States of America fought following the Revolution?