>>>It does not matter if they hate us. It only matters that they fear us.
>>
>>
>> isn't "fear" a synonym of..... "terror" ?
>> hum...
>
> No. Hum!


In my books it is. Please develop.
I think what's really getting to me in this last exchange is really the "it 
does not matter is they hate us" part, for quite a few reasons.