Saturday 10 April 2010
Blowback: The Lessons of the Moscow Bombings for America
Yes, Douggy, the main purpose of terrorism is political: "you do what we want and we will stop killing you."
This was as true of Dresden, Coventry and Hiroshima as it was of 9/11 or 7/7, as true of IRA and Shining Path as of Irgun, Haganah and Hamas.
Only rarely is the the goal actual genocide, as in the case of Hitler, Stalin, Mao and Pol Pot. In these cases, the political end is to rid the body politic entirely of a class or ethnic group.
Yes, Douggy, the main purpose of terrorism is political: "you do what we want and we will stop killing you."
This was as true of Dresden, Coventry and Hiroshima as it was of 9/11 or 7/7, as true of IRA and Shining Path as of Irgun, Haganah and Hamas.
Only rarely is the the goal actual genocide, as in the case of Hitler, Stalin, Mao and Pol Pot. In these cases, the political end is to rid the body politic entirely of a class or ethnic group.
# posted by Had It in Holland Park @ 07:11 
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