A response to Thursday's Washington Times editorial.
Your entire editorial hinges on the contention that suicide bombings 'normally target civilians'. That may be true, but the Pew poll asked if respondents sympathized with the use of suicide bombing in some circumstances.
I'm sure Christians can imagine some circumstances in which suicide bombing would be justified (for instance if it directly targeted a brutally repressive regime).
But if you're having trouble understanding a suicide bomber's point of view, perhaps you should consider how non-Muslim Americans would answer this question: Are the deaths of innocent civilians sometimes justified in order to defend the American way of life?
Your entire editorial hinges on the contention that suicide bombings 'normally target civilians'. That may be true, but the Pew poll asked if respondents sympathized with the use of suicide bombing in some circumstances.
I'm sure Christians can imagine some circumstances in which suicide bombing would be justified (for instance if it directly targeted a brutally repressive regime).
But if you're having trouble understanding a suicide bomber's point of view, perhaps you should consider how non-Muslim Americans would answer this question: Are the deaths of innocent civilians sometimes justified in order to defend the American way of life?
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