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[QUOTE]Originally posted by First of Two: [QB] *pops in* Me again.. got a few moments. Somebody sent me this: [QUOTE] It's the Return Address, Stupid! The Geneva Convention is about reserving the rights and privileges of conducting war to nations, and only to nations. Non-nations, religions, cults, and bridge clubs need not apply. It does make it easier to fight a war if you know whom you're fighting. Did that bomb come from a B-52? It has a return address; you know who sent it. Did that missle get launched from China? It has a return address; you know who sent it. Is a spec-ops force attacking a cave fortress? Those bullets and cruise missles have return addresses. You know where they came from, without opening the envelope. Here's a hint for aspiring terrorists: "The will of Allah" is not a return address. Bombings are intended to change national and international policy. Nations reserve the right to make policy, and resent outside interference. That is why it is necessary to distinguish between combatants and non-combatants; between soldiers and criminals. Soldiers act on behalf of nations; criminals act on behalf of themselves. But what about freedom fighters? OK, here's a simple test. Did the proposed freedom fighters form an actual government? Does that government act on behalf of the people it represents, in ways other than killing, such as building roads, hospitals, sewers, etc? Do the people whom the government claims to represent, actually support that government and its freedom fighters? Does that government actually control and direct the actions of those freedom fighters? Did they win? Freedom fighters win; terrorists lose. Do the freedom fighters have a return address? Are they willing to take responsibility for their actions? By those standards, al Qaeda doesn't even begin to qualify as a nation or as freedom fighters; they are thugs and need to be dealt with as thugs. Palestine marginally qualifies, but they are out of control and want to pursue war without paying the cost, and nobody gets that privilege, not even the U.S. Palestine has a return address, although Hamas and Islamic Jihad would prefer not to use it. Al Qaeda does not have a return address and does not want a return address, unless you consider "all of Islam" to be a return address. Not all of Islam agrees, so all other tests of "freedom fighter" versus "terrorist" fail. So think of the Geneva Convention as a post office that processes and validates return addresses. Martyrs, anthrax mailers, and unabombers need not apply. [/QUOTE] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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