Re: [atlarge-discuss] the root and the terror

[Holger Steiner <h.steiner@scharr.de>]

Richard Henderson schrieb:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Holger Steiner <h.steiner@scharr.de>
> 
> > I do think there is a difference between soldiers and terrorists.
> >
> > Military targets and civilian targets are not the same, IMHO.
> > The Geneva Convention (and the like) is NOT useless.
> > greetings
> > Holger
> 
> Hi Holger,
> 
> When we bombed Dresden in the Second World War, was that a military target
> or a civilian target?
> Would people in Germany regard the bombing of Dresden as a military act or a
> terrorist act?
> Was the purpose of the bombing to terrorise and demoralise the civilian
> population?
> Did the ordinary families in the conflagration regard themselves as
> legitimate military targets?

In the bombing of inner cities in WWII, the civilians WHERE
the target. It WAS wrong to do that.

 
> If civilians in Iraq find themselves under attack, will they regard
> themselves as legitimate military targets?

Is it the purpose of the possible future bombing to terrorise and
demoralise the civilian population of Iraq?

Then it would be wrong.

Otherwise they are the victims of acceptable collateral damage.



greetings
Holger

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