Absurd moral equivalence... their acts can and should be judged on their own merits. They choose to target innocents.
Absurd? If another sovereign nation invaded America because George Bush was deemed a War Criminal and the ace of spades, and in that process they capture Bush and execute him, I would not be happy. It would be the 200k innocent Americans who died from bombs and bullets that would stick in my craw. I would not sit silently as another nation invaded this nation. I would fight. If I was outgunned and out manned, I would use every available method to harm the invader and its people. I cannot say I would put a suicide vest on, but I would fight and have little remorse to the death of the invaders. Some might call my response absurd and without moral justification, but I would not be alone.....Americans would never tolerate an invasion and the murder of our citizens. Ask the British.
Terrorism has been a response of the powerless throughout history. Nobody is saying the killing of innocents is ever justified, all I am saying is that when you invade and kill innocents, to not be surprised by the response to that bad policy. We need to get out of the Middle East. Ronald Reagan understood the clarity of cutting and running. He did not let Mic or Israel control his hand. He simply did what was best for America, and quite frankly what was right for the people of the middle east.