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Originally Posted by Slon
My "what if's" point out that the difference between the "terrorists" and US troops, in these instances, is that the former do not claim to be targeting military groups. So, since the determining factor that differentiates between "my fine country's military" and "terrorists" seems to be "do they claim to target civilians or military groups," I ask if you would apply your labels consistently. But, instead of answering my questions, you resort to dodging, answering questions I didn't ask to pretend to be participating (and contributing positively), and more dodging.
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For the sake of discussion, I can pretend that your questions are actually questions for the moment and then you can leave it at that. Pretending that changing the words "terrorist" for "U.S. Troops" creates some sort of ideological debate is rediculous but I will play your game.
Our military is not recognized by most of the civilized world as "criminals" such as the "terrorists" you seem prone to defend. In U.S. interests (ours) it is more acceptable, however undesireable, to kill 60 innocent people to hit a mark of 5 than it would be for an enemy to kill any number of our population in order to assassinate a member of our military.
I am not sure how many ways I can tell you that you can not compare apples to pumpkins as you have tried. If this answer does not satisfy your interpretation of participation then I am sorry I have failed you and the only comfort I can offer you is that you needn't reply to any post I make on any thread.