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Nick wrote:
Keith (http://keithdevens.com/) wrote:
Yeah, that's the same.
Martijn wrote:
What did those North Vietnamese terrorists do then, what made them terrorists?
Keith (http://keithdevens.com/) wrote:
I'm not sure even which meeting they're talking about. It's possible he's even referring to a meeting the public doesn't know about. But in any case, they were the enemy, and it appears that John Kerry himself, in his diary, called them terrorists.
Martijn wrote:
Hmm, well the problem is that everybody is very quickly talking about terrorists now, but I don't think that is always correct.
Clearly, Al Qaeda is a terroristic movement, but when two countries are at war with each other, is there still a situation where you can speak of terrorism?
Keith (http://keithdevens.com/) wrote:
Like I said, it appears from the passage that Kerry's own diary called them 'terrorists'.
(Even, for the sake of argument, if the word 'terrorists' had not been used, Kerry still met with our enemies. It'd be just as bad if Edwards had exclaimed instead, "So let me get this straight. Kerry secretly met with our enemies? Oh, that's good.")
Martijn wrote:
Hmm, indeed, doesn't sound much better.
I guess there is not really a clear boundary between a terrorist and a guerilla warrior.
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You should look up all the pictures of the bushies shaking hands with the Bin Laden family.