WE ARE NOT TERRORISTS! part 2 (Warning! this topic is very c
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Originally posted by FX:
…At least in a war, you have professional soldiers fighting other professional soldiers…and hopefully dragging in as few noncombatants as possible…
I just wanted to remind you of our lessons learned in Vietnam. The Viet Cong fought the war in very unconventional ways. They frequently resorted to terrorism, bombing places, killing Vietnamese civilians… not just fighting soldiers on the battlefield.
But it’s worth noting that our modern militaries learned the Vietnam lesson well. Our commandos are trained to prosecute warfare in unconventional ways. In ways that are sometimes secret and denied in public.
It’s also worth noting that unconventional warfare helped win the American Revolution. That is to say, “unconventional” for the time period.
I’m going out on a limb, but… maybe terrorism is that area of injustice between violent crime and war?
Rest assured that the perpetrators of terrorism are being pursued. More than likely, they will be dealt with by whatever means possible.
As I recall, Black September (the people responsible for the Munich Olympics incident) was dealt with in a vigilanti manner by the Isralis. (I’ll have to check my history on that one…)
So vigilanti justics is not ideal. And certainly a highly organized military campaign isn’t the best solution either. It’s a new bloody path we follow, me thinks.