so what precisely is the difference between . . .

[OneBlueSky]

a) a Palestinian suicide bomber blowing himself up in a crowded city square and killing a bunch of innocent civilians . . .

and . . .

b) the US military bombing Fallujah (or wherever) and killing a bunch of innocent civilians?

I havent' been able to figure it out . . .

[dave502d]

1. We help pay for the bomb that kill the one in Fallujah.

[whistle]

2. The U.S. method is faster and more efficient....

...the trick is to get it over with before any thinking person figures out what happened.

[deadparrot]

3. The media spin on it?

[noamnety]

4. I'll let John answer that

"We veterans can only look with amazement on the fact that this country has not been able to see that there's absolutely no difference between a ground troop and a helicopter crew. And yet, people have accepted a differentiation fed them by the administration. No ground troops are in Laos, so it's already to kill Laotians by remote control. But believe me, the helicopter crews fill the same body bags and they wreak the same kind of damage on the Vietnamese and Laotian country side as anyone else. "

- April 22, 1971

[0rganism]

5. Our bombs spread freedom whereever they fall, doncha know?

Our armies of compassion lovingly deploy weapons of mass liberation throughout the oppressed third world, especially to those parts of the oppressed third world which have nasty, evil oil lurking under their sands ready to attack at any second. After sprinkling the ground with freedom bombs, we send in our corporations of compassion to remove this dangerous substance and store it safely in motor vehicles across our nation.

We perform this service out of the goodness of our compassionate taxpaying hearts.

Not at all like those brown terror guys! Nothing like it at all! Really!