From: Gary Britt 

We were defining these things in terms of the Geneva Convention context
George and they were rebels or fighting an internal civil war.  They fought
against MILITARY targets.  Terrorists attack CIVILIAN NON-MILITARY TARGETS.
  So you and Adam are quite wrong in trying to color every person fighting
anything, anywhere, by any means, as a terrorist.  Show me where George
Washington sent people in to blow themselves up on a school bus full of
school children or admit you are wrong on this.

Gary

Geo. wrote:
> Ok well since the US was not independent at the time then any acts
> committed here were the same as if they were committed in England. So
> your rebel was a terrorist as were the rest of the founding fathers.
>
> Geo.
>
> "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
> news:4676015c$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> Yes if he was part of the non-state organization carrying out the acts
>> of war/terrorism against Portugal and working to support more such
>> acts of war/terrorism.
>>
>> Gary
>>
>> Geo. wrote:
>>> "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
>>> news:4675abb3$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>> No Jefferson was a rebel in a civil war for independence.  To be an
>>>> illegal enemy combatant he would have needed to go to Portugal and
>>>> blow up the main square killing thousands and declare war on
>>>> Portugal because he didn't like how Portugal treated somebody else
>>>> in Europe.
>>>
>>> If he had, would that have also then made Washington an illegal enemy
>>> combatant even if he had remained here? Most of the people in gitmo
>>> were not in the US when captured.
>>>
>>> Geo.
>

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