Do ZOTS support the use of terror?

[abishai]

Umm...If I knew that the terrible swift sword of the United States armed forces was loosed on me because I had done wrong, I think I would be filled with terror. What's the point, if there is one?

[pariah]

Our current administration makes these preparations with the conscious intent of terrorizing into surrender those Iraqis who would defend their sovereign nation against the aggression of the lone global superpower.

At least you win some kind of prize for cramming a maximal number of of non-sequiters, misconceptions and plain ol' falsehoods into one sentence. To wit:

the conscious intent of terrorizing into surrender
Non-sequitar. Just because we possess the means does not imply the moral disposition or conscious intent to use terror as a weapon. Merely citing the inevitability of civilian casualties is pointless, as all modern warfare involves some of this, and thus there would be no distinction between terror and any other form of warfare. Or is this what you mean to do, Greyscale? -- deliberately blur the line between the two, so that you can invoke that 'moral equivalency' thing.

Iraqis who would defend their sovereign nation
Misconception. Liberals love moral equivalency because it allows them to both defend tyrants and condemn democracies: thus, 'Saddam defends Iraq's sovereignty' and 'the US engages in terror'.

the aggression of the lone global superpower
Plain ol' falsehood. Even without a (second) UN resolution (which is looking more and more likely), we will have at minimum the support of Britain, Canada, Australia, 8 mainland European nations, Turkey, Jordan, 4 Gulf states, Pakistan, Japan, et al. Truth is, it is the anti-war side that is getting lonely.
You've been banned, but I offer the above comments for you contemplation in case you are still out there lurking.

[spodefly]

ZOT Thread / Code Orange Day Thoughts

The 5 color alert system now in use does not provide adequate specificity to keep the public aware of the exact threat level. A scale from infrared to ultra violet would provide increased granularity in the threat warning levels thereby allowing citizens to know precisely the actual threat level. Furthermore, it would allow us to specify verbally the associated threat level by using the most precise color, as in "today's threat level is mauve."

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[unspun]

Is this question epistemalogical in nature? --or outside of nature?
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[marbren]

Thank you for the link.

[perfect stranger]

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