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Reader comment on item: Nidal Hasan – Initial Thoughts on the Ft. Hood Jihadi

Submitted by Aaron (United States), Nov 16, 2009 at 08:30

Mr. Pipes is right, attacking soldiers on an army base is not terrorism. If it's part of a war, then it's a guerrilla attack. And if we're at war, then attacking combatants as part of that war isn't murder either. We need to get our story straight: if we're at war, then Hasan is neither a terrorist nor a murderer, any more than he would be if he had gone AWOL, joined up with al Qaeda in Afghanistan, and helped attack a US Army unit there. He's a traitor, and he should be tried for treason.

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Title Commenter Date Thread
"For Hood" Terrorism or a spark to ignite it? [74 words]CJ OlsenNov 29, 2009 16:44165184
Nidal Hasan – Initial Thoughts on the Ft. Hood Jihadi [84 words]buoyancy aidsNov 20, 2009 05:43164789
A Criminal Traitor with Terrorist Sympathies [167 words]Mike FontaneNov 18, 2009 19:21164733
Identification of Terrorism Is Productive [225 words]Jim WoodsNov 17, 2009 10:03164671
no symbolic target, no representation [150 words]mythNov 20, 2009 03:10164671
neither terrorism nor murder [96 words]AaronNov 16, 2009 08:30164631
Aaron is right [20 words]JohnNov 18, 2009 19:28164631
extreme sabotage [36 words]mythNov 20, 2009 03:17164631

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