Back to AtD: Ewball makes a distinction, p. 922

[Tom Beshear]

Hmmm. I've not heard of terrorists using this rationale. Part of the power of terrorism is to kill the innocent, to put pressure on, to make fearful the entire population. (Of course terrorists often don't consider anyone on  the other side "innocent.") If only the officers and soldiers are targeted, I'm not sure but that's a different thing.
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  "There's plenty of folks who deserve being blown up, to be sure, " opined Ewball, "but they've got to
  be gone after in a professional way, anything else is being just like them, slaughterin the innocent, when what
  we need is more slaughterin of the guilty. Who gave the orders, who carried 'em out, exact names and 
  whereabouts--and then go get 'em. That'd be just honest soldierin"...

  The form of terrorism's rationale always?
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