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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
In my mind, terrorism is a function of means, not ends. If George Washington had slaughtered Tory women and children in the name of independence, he would have been a terrorist. If I understand you correctly, you're not a terrorist if you're fighting someone bad, like the Sandinistas. If I understand Penske, you're not a terrorist if you slaughter women and children with government troops. I don't get why that should matter.
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You misunderstand Penske. Unless I'm mistaken, Savimbi, for example, did not have government troops. He just liked to blow kids up. (As did so other terrorist organizations that Reagan and the Repub right-wing supported in Africa, like Renamo in Mozambique.)
I'm not claiming to understand Penske, just saying that you don't either.
