Originally posted by: BaliBabyDoc
In this case, just call the guy a soldier. Those phrases only came around to indicate that civilians were the target. In a war, when a soldier of one side attacks soldiers on the other side, it's a perfectly legitimate thing to do. The only difference between this guy and us is that his bomb was short range.
Your statement is accurate but far too reasoned. Let me try . . .
WE are liberators and/or defenders of the peace. Therefore, ANY means by which we destroy our adversaries are just b/c our cause is just. Any civilian that dies by our actions should have run faster.
THEY are evil. If they attack our troops by any fashion other than head-on challenging our tanks with relic weapons and no armor, they are 1) cowards, 2) idiots, or 3) terrorists.
Coward: refusing to face superior firepower and die like a man
Idiot: choosing to face superior firepower and die like a man
Terrorist: any attack which is successful and difficult to counter