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> and terrorists might indeed be guilty of having what might be called the cowardice of their convictions – an excessive fear of being viewed as cowardly in the eyes of their god, or by the light of their cause.

This is a dumb quote. What it describes in terrorists is what the rest of the article describes in general. If a terrorist deserts, he is a coward (to the rest of his compatriots).



Terrorists are cowards because to attack civilians who are unprepared and probably won't fight back is cowardly.




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