From: "Robert Comer" 

> Nah. You might lose 10 people using conventional means. You would
> probably lose 2 or 3. This way you only lose 1.

I disagree, look how many people that sniper killed here in the states a
couple of years ago, and he only got caught because it normal city life and
he stupidly kept using the same car -- do that same thing in a war zone,
single shooter, one shot and move tactics, and you could kill a lot more
than a single bomb could.

> Hey the joys of political violence.

Yep. :(

> Oddly however the US wasn't being turned out of it's home, having it's
> land taken etc.

Yep.

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Bob Comer


"Adam" <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the
field.near the bridge"> wrote in message
news:446b85b3$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Robert Comer wrote:
>>> Not if that's all you have.
>>
>> Come on Adam, they have the bombs (obviously), and they can be used in a
>> much smarter way -- he who fights and runs away, lives to fight another
>> day
>> and all that.  They have guns too.  It's more than stupid to me to blow
>> up
>> your own fighters intentionally along with others.
>>
>
> Nah. You might lose 10 people using conventional means. You would
> probably lose 2 or 3. This way you only lose 1.
>
>
>>> Personally I have no idea why they've not pulled
>>> people out for serious sniper training as esp temporary
checkpoints &
>>> snipers don't go well together plus in many ways (esp for those in the
>>> west bank, snipers are much scarier than suicide bombers.
>>
>> Yep, and ied's too, just like Iraq.
>>
>
> Oh I suspect those are coming.
>
>>> Given violence is violence, politics is politics etc as you are appear
>>> to be slowly coming round to is Iraq more of a crime than 9-11 given the
>>> levels/numbers of dead?
>>
>> That's a hard one to answer, but I'd probably say both were about the
>> same -- scale doesn't really matter.  A crime is a crime.  Now if you
>> asked
>> me the difference in how tragic it was, then Iraq, by far, is the worst.
>>
>
> indeed coz tens of thousands if not more are dead & God alone knows how
> many are maimed in Iraq.
>
> Hey the joys of political violence.
>
>>> Or are neither crimes but both stupid & unjustified?
>>
>> They are that too, stupid and unjustified. (as are most crimes!)
>>
>
> Oddly however the US wasn't being turned out of it's home, having it's
> land taken etc.
>
> Adam

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