Again, the definition is that a militant attacks military targets while a terrorist is attacking civilians with a goal of terrorizing them and reducing their confidence in the government to protect them. What was the target of the attack? What was the goal of the attack? How did they deal with civilians?
"Telephoned warnings were sent to the main switchboard of the hotel, the Palestine Post newspaper and the French consulate, but no evacuation was carried out, giving rise to much controversy over the reasons why people were not cleared from the building." Does that sound like the work of terrorists? Does Al Queda do this? Hamas? Hizballah? Any other terrorist group. How many 'militant' groups today do this? If all terrorists went out of their way to reduce civilian casualties... On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 7:34 PM, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You know 95% of the time I'm right there with you, but come on man, > Begin was a terrorist. > > Hell, there are figures from own revolutionary and civil wars that > certainly would qualify for the title. > > Michael Dinowitz wrote: > > By definition he wasn't. The hotel that was blown up was a British > military > > location and they called in advance to get civilians out. By definition, > > terrorists are attacking civilians for terror sake. Militants attack > > military positions. The civilian deaths were not the goal and were a > mistake > > but the target was a legitimate military one. > > Yes, I'll be blasted for this but history and definition are on my side > > while knee jerk reaction is not. > > > > On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 5:02 PM, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> There is absolutely no doubt that Begin was a terrorist. > >> > >> On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 4:16 PM, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >>> The leader of the Irgun at the time, Menachem Begin, went on to become > >>> the Prime Minister of Israel. > >>> > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:272554 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
