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Doesn't this definition make the existence of any military deterrent "an act of terror"?
by pekk 13y ago
Doesn't this definition make the existence of any military deterrent "an act of terror"?
- zacinbusiness 13y agoI think it could, but I don't think so in this case. MAD, for instance, isn't an act of terror because it is only an existential threat. Most nuclear capable countries won't use their weapons because of MAD, and thus it actually provides a safety net. No one, though, can really do anything about drone strikes. They just happen, seemingly at random, wherever we decide they should happen. And if we take out a civilian then we say "oops, these things happen" and so there are no repercussions, no one gets punished and it just keeps happening.