"When is a militant a civilian?" - Whenever a terrorist organisation says so and points the finger at a government organisation that has just violently killed someone.
"When is a civilian a militant?" Whenever a government, under threat from terrorists kills someone in the territory that houses terrorists.
What's the real truth? - There is often no distinction between civilians and militants!
It's quite 'normal' these days to find people who seem to live their lives as ordinary civilians, minding their own business, raising a family, going to work, doing the shopping, visiting their relatives who also double as terrorists hell bent on, building bombs, learning, trying or actually succeeding in destroying someone else's life - virtually "in their spare time".
The world is a dangerous place these days and it seems that anyone with a grudge against anyone else has or at least claims to have, the 'right' to do something about it.
Such views are not restricted to the lunatic fringe in interesting regions of the world like the middle east!
In Texas - as I understand it, the concept enshrined in the old saying, "a man's home is his castle," has been given effect in legislation.
Now, anyone can apparently 'defend' his home against intruders to the point of using 'deadly force'.
Indeed a man is on trial in that state for trying to extend this principle to his neighbour's house,
After ringing 911, the emergency services, to report a burglary in his neighbour's home and being told to do nothing and wait for the police, this man took his shotgun and after a brief warning or challenge with something like:- "move and you're dead" fired and killed two people.
It seems both were illegal immigrants AND apparently undertaking a burglary in the home of a neighbour.
Is this man a civilian or a militant? Is he a terrorist or just a good neighbour?
Some interesting questions for a nation which is currently engaged in a "War on Terror".
Don't know about you - but I for one would NOT like to live in the new "wild wild west" that seems to be Texas.
Then again, I am not sure I want to live in Sderot or Gaza or Iraq or northern Turkey - Aw hell is there anywhere that it's safe any more?
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