[CBart95]

All of it irrelevant. Murder is murder.

So is treason.

Steve U gets an A for dredging up 50-year old quasi- sympathetic silliness to somehow place criminal depredation in an understandable framework.

[MirrorField]

All of it irrelevant. Murder is murder. So is treason.

To quote Obi-Wan Kenobi, "You're going to find that many of the truths we cling to... depend greatly on our own point of view."
People have reasons to do what they do. If you don't understand (note that I don't say accept) their motivations, their actions will remain equally opaque. And your enemy has gained a considerable advantage due to your ignorance...