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...isn't the goal of any conflict to instill some sort of fear in a target population?
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Not necessarily - remember - to subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill (Sun Tzu) - and fear is but a tool to be used or not as the situation demands.
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And I recall that nuclear weapons and the MAD strategy involved a "balance of terror."
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MAD was based on ' Mutually Assured Destruction' - not necessarily terror. As Frank Zappa once said, " There will be no nuclear war...there's too much real estate involved."
And remember - " There has never been a kingdom given to so many civil wars as the Kingdom of God." Montesque
You may want to reread the op-ed piece - the final paragraph makes an extremely important point. 
And so it goes...
Richard's $.02 
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“Almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.” - Robert Heinlein
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