theliq, et al,
Back in ≈ 1983, I went to a counterterrorism (CT) course provided by British Military Intelligence. It was either a DMI or MI5 sponsored programs at the time. As a young American
(CI Agent, a tour in Vietnam and the threats faced there, and a Liaison Officer in a Provincial Defense Security Command counterpart in Korea; later the Special Agent-in-Charge) I thought that I had probably experience more and varied experiences in CT than the Instructors. Wow, did I get my eyes opened.
But the ZIONISTS HAVE according to you TERRORIST SCUM hey Rocco,therein lies the hypocricy..steve
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Seldom are issues in CT cut'n'dry; all one way or all the other way.
There is no question that (like me and the mistakes I made when I was younger) during the course of the Arab-Jewish struggle and then the Arab-Israeli War, there were good leaders and some not so good. There were great operations, and there were some that were political poison. AND there were some that were intentionally wicked and poorly executed --- malfeasant as opposed to misfeasance.
Just as Sheikh Izz-ad-din al-Qassam
(Leader of the Palestinian Black Hand) was intentionally conducting terrorism operations, so was (IMO) Ze'ev Jabotinski
(Leader of the Irgun) a terrorist. Both sides had them. These were psychopaths that went undiagnosed because they were very since in the objectives; each as serious as the other. And had there not been a struggle for freedom, they would have eventually been identified as cool, dispassionate, and operationally hideous people - even murderers. Not that being a psychopath is personally trouble enough, in a leadership capacity in a just cause
(and both al-Qassam and Jabotinsky) tend to influence and inspire others to find their draconian activities not only necessary, but honorable. Just as the Jabotinski broke away from the Haganah, so did the Lehi breakaway from the Irgun to form an even smaller cell of extreme psychopaths. Yes, Avra Stern
(Leader of the Lehi) became even worse. No one is sure whether Stern was just indoctrinated into terrorism or was a natural born terrorist psychopath, but he was just as cool and dispassionate as Jabotinsky.
The Irgun, under the leadership of Menachem Begin, and the Lehi were both involved in the Deir Yassin event, demonstrating they were not that different from one another, their were some difference in the product of their psychotic views. The King David Hotel Bombing was an Irgun operation and not so dissimilar from a single stroke assassination operation on a large scale. Where as the Lehi often committed individual assassination like that of Lord Moyne
(The Honorable Walter Guinness) and that of the Count of Wisborg
(The Honorable Folke Bernadotte).
The Haganah, around since the Arab Riots of 1920, seemed to be blessed with Leaders with fewer mental health issues. It is probable why the Haganah still exists today
(in the form of the IDF).
Apoligies the word SCUM was really not called for Rocco..steve
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I'm not offended. In my career, I've heard much worse; which ended now just five years past. So, in a way, I've outlived the odds. With tours in Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Yemen, --- I've outlived the odds; andI'll be around much longer; although much slower. Being called or associated with "SCUM"
(inmates at the Borstal Juvenile Detention Center) 
makes me feel kind of young.
Most Respectfully,
R