OT: The World Condems Islamic Terrorist Atrocities

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Hi Karen,

 

> > The major difference is that a pack of wolves will attack only because

> > they need to eat you .. they are hungry. These Islamic terrorists are

> > not hungry ..

>

> I beg to differ with this. I think they are hungry.. Hungry for blood.

> And at least wolves are satiated. These people never will be, at least

> until they are, as you put it, under the snakes.

 

Gotta agree with that fer'shur.

 

> > No ma'am .. then we would be no better than they are. American soldiers

> > do not regret innocent deaths because the media bomblasts them or the

> > locals call them murderers. The average young American will carry such

> > unfortunate memories with them until they go under snakes. Its not a

> > norm for Americans (or Europeans) to do such things. Even criminals in

> > American prisons have their own morals .. as child molesters and sex

> > crime offenders always learn when they go on a cell block.

>

> Thank you for saying that. I was trying to come up with that response

> but couldn't do it so eloquently. NO, we DON " T and SHOULD'T fight like

> they do. That would tell everyone (and most importantly our children)

> that we believe what they do is acceptable. It takes truly " civilized "

> people to be respectable in warfare.

 

It truly does .. and some folks have difficulty understanding how

civilized man can fight a war .. but its an old tradition. There were

times in history when folks took tea breaks.

 

Even in the Early British Kingdoms .. from around 400-600 AD .. and

through the Anglo Saxon Period .. up to 1000 AD .. knights truly wore

shining armor .. and though there were some forced changes during some

of the Middle Ages .. up to 1480 AD or so that still held true. After

the Reformation down thru the 20th Century the Art of War was still held

in great esteem and enemy officers treated each other with respect.

 

In America this continued through the French & Indians War, American

Revolution, Spanish-American and Mexican-American Wars and the War of

Northern Aggression. It held true in World War I .. but in WW II it

began to slide .. not bad treatment of Germans by Americans or Americans

by Germans .. bad treatment of Americans by Nazis and Imperial Japanese

Forces. Since that time, through the Korean War, the Vietnam War and

the short term wars in the Southern Hemisphere, Middle East and Balkans,

American and European allies continued to treat enemies with some degree

of dignity. Then came Somalia .. we know what happened to Americans and

other UN Troops there .. and now we are facing combat against non-nation

sponsored enemies so we can expect no quarter .. and we will give none

methinks .. at least on the field of battle.

 

War is no longer a viable means of settling disputes between nations.

That is recognized and accepted by all civilized nations but all nations

are not civilized yet .. and the extremist groups that are operating

without national support don't even have a legal requirement to abide by

the Traditions of War, the Laws of War or Geneva Convention Agreements

because .. they are not signatories .. nor even legitimate combatants ..

they are criminals .. that's the legal definition of a terrorist.

 

And they are NOT Freedom Fighters because it is against Freedom that

they commit their acts of terrorism.

 

> JMnevertobeHO

> Karen J

 

Good opinion methinks. :-) Butch