Terrorism.

This is coolbert: Evil is the correct term to apply to the terrorists of this world.

Recently a Japanese diplomat in Lebanon visited the leaders of Hezbollah and lectured them on the evil of terrorist suicide bombings.

And the Hezbollah leaders told the Japanese diplomat that they had derived inspiration for the tactic of suicide bombing from the kamikaze of World War Two [WW2].

This Japanese diplomat reminded the Hezbollah that the kamikaze were military men, in uniform, acting openly, attacking other military men.

During the kamikaze attacks of WW2, both the attacker and the defender knew what the score was. American military men subject to the attack of the kamikaze did respect the Japanese doing what they were doing [attempting to dive their bomb laden planes into American ships]. The Japanese piloting their planes knew what they were doing, did it in an open manner and took all the full risks. The American targets were military men, armed, and able to defend themselves.

It was a fair fight, military men against military men, and in the open.

With the modern terrorist and their suicide bombings, we see the opposite.

We see determined young men, sometimes women, and even the phenomenon of pre-teens even willing to do suicide bombings. [And one would have to wonder about the mental state of pre-teens or even teenagers willing to act in a suicide bombing].

But the problem is how it is done and who are the intended targets. Carrying out a suicide mission dressed in civilian clothes and attacking a pizza parlor or a dance hall with murderous intent is hardly what a kamikaze pilot would have done.

Even with the weaponry used by the suicide bomber as employed by say Hamas or Hezbollah we see a problem.

Detonating a nail laden bomb is one thing.

To use rat poison as also part of the bomb is another. This is strictly against all the Laws of Land Warfare and the common practices and customs of war [the use of poison at war is strictly prohibited. As is the use of weapons that cause unnecessary suffering. The rat poison acts as an anti-coagulant. Persons wounded bleed profusely and may not survive the many wounds they suffer and bleed from because of the use of the rat poison]. This use of poison also demonstrates a mentality by the attacker that can only be considered to be depraved.

[Here is an example of how issues can be made of such a topic, violations of Land Warfare by using weaponry that causes "unnecessary suffering". During the Vietnam War, the North Vietnamese accused American forces of using a bomb that had a plastic case. When the bomb would detonate, Vietnamese wounded by the detonation would suffer unnecessarily because of the plastic being embedded in their bodies. Plastic that was not detectable by x-ray machines. The surgeons did not know where the plastic was to remove it. This was found to be true. The U.S. had designed the bomb so that the plastic would melt when the bomb would detonate, but it was found that particles were still not melting fully and were becoming projectiles unto themselves. A simple fix of the chemical mix for the plastic casing of the bomb solved the problem. But this was not INTENTIONAL AND WAS REMEDIED!]

It is also important to remember that TERRORISM DOES NOT WORK! THIS ALSO IS TRUE. WHAT IT DOES IS TO MAKE THE TARGET OF THE TERRORIST THAT MUCH MORE RESOLUTE AND DETERMINED. BY PERPETRATING TERRORISM IN THE FASHION THAT IT IS DONE, THE TERRORIST DEMONSTRATES WHAT HIS TRUE INTENTIONS AND MENTALITY ARE. A MENTALITY THAT IN MANY CASES CAN BEST BE DESCRIBED AS DEPRAVED!

[Terrorism is also a sign of weakness. A method of attack that is indicative of desperation. A sign that the perpetrators themselves realize they are weak and cannot gain what they want by conventional methods].

BUT TERRORISM AS THE MODERN TERRORIST PRACTICES THE PHENOMENON IS NOT THE ANSWER TO THIS WEAKNESS!

coolbert.