@Azmr,
Azmr;16574 wrote:Terrorism isnt an object but a fear, you cannot address it, label it etc. It doesnt make sence at all saying that we use terrorism in place of military power, the military power asserts terrorism against the people, hence the revenge which then is again labelled terrorism which is a lie. Its called resistance. What really makes me sick is that people with your intellect thinks that the West can step up to anyones door-step and make it a battlefield, but when the people, the resistance do the same the world stops and screams evil and barbaric.
Terrorism is a tactic.
Terrorism is used by the Arabs and Islamists to cause chaos. They use it against whichever side they believe will react, retaliate and cause more chaos. Out of this chaos, they show up and hand out protection, for a fee.
When the Arabs attempted to change the Geneva Convention to empower terrorists in 1978-79 the US did not ratify the new wording. The new wording allowed terrorists to be considered lawful combatants as long as they had weapons in their hands when the killed someone. After they killed the person and dropped their weapons, they were no longer considered combatants but classified as non-combatants. This didn't make sense to anyone except the people who supported the terrorists. Same as the terrorists' favorite tactic of hiding behind women and children or of using their "religious" buildings as weapons caches. All of these actions violate the Geneva Convention and make those who use these actions unlawful combatants.
Unlawful combatants are murderers who in past wars were shot on sight on the battlefield and not entitled to any other treatment than a burial. When terrorists hide in anyone's home, religious building, or museum the locations and buildings become unprotected under the convention, period. When the terrorists then wet their pants, cry, and complain like sniviling little bullies that someone didn't fight fair, they need to go change their pants and stiffen their upper lip.
The fact that the US chooses to keep these unlawful combatants captive and wring them for information is a bonus for the unlawful combatants. Is the intelligence gained worth the propaganda gained by the other side? So far, the answer seems to be yes.