TEd says...cowardice is the innate ability to murder a child and claim that this act will get the killer to heaven

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Sparteye says...those who planned, organized and financed this attack and who hid behind the ones they sent to complete the plan; those who now still hide, and who will hide behind the bodies of children if prepared and armed adults come after them. Yes, they are COWARDS.

I have to agree with Sparteye on this one TEd. The guys who did the actual act, though heinous, had the courage of their convictions. What they did was evil and cruel but they cannot be called cowards as per the true definition of the word.

Having the courage of your convictions doesn't make you nice because your convictions can be bad just as easily as they can be good. We just generally hear it in a positive sense.