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Originally Posted by Titan
Interestingly this is the exact sentiment expressed by Bill Maher on his show that got it cancelled. Perhaps another way to put it is that they were soldiers who were given their mission and they carried it out to near perfection despite incredible odds against success. As the story of the pilots in the unarmed f-16s shows, perspective is a powerful thing. They had orders to fly their planes into a fully loaded jet. Is that very different from what the terrorists did? No. The proof is in the perspective. The f-16 pilots were true heroes in my opinion. Willing to give up their life for the defence of their beliefs. Is that not the exact same thing the terrorists did?
I am not saying that the terrorists are heroes. I am saying they are probably considered heroes to the people on their "team". As much as I hate Kesler I can appreciate why Vancouver fans like him.
And before anyone jumps in and says we have a democracy blah, blah, blah, we went into Iraq with zero tangible provocation. Not a lot of discussion or democracy in those actions.
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The Pilots of the unarmed F-16's had to make a incredibly difficult choice. They might have to ram those jets to bring them down which would sacrifice hundreds to save potentially thousands.
The pilots of those jet liners knew that their activities would not save one single life, but murder thousands or potentially a lot more if everything had gone perfectly.
I don't see how they're the same at all.
I stand by my comparison of the terrorist to the thugs at My Lai, they knew that they had the upper hand on their passengers because they were armed at the passengers weren't.
They weren't soldiers except in their own minds.
Like I said, I don't question their committments or their beliefs, but it doesn't take a brave man to take hostages and fly into a building killing people for no good reason.