Cylons and Suicide Attacks

I don’t think it gives too much away to note that the Cylons become particularly perturbed at the Colonial insurgents for launching suicide attacks. A couple of observations on that:

• The traditional defense of suicide bombing is the one Colonel Tigh gives, pointing out that he has often given orders to Viper pilots to engage in near-suicidal missions, and that the distinction between a suicide attack and a attack virtually certain to result in death is minimal. I’ve always found this argument fairly compelling.
• We know that the Cylons have, in the past, engaged in suicide-like tactics. Recall that one of the “Doral” models blew himself up on Galactica in an effort to assassinate Adama. The Cylon response to a Colonial critique of this tactic might go something like “Yes, but we knew that we were coming back, so the attack wasn’t really suicidal.” This would strike me as unsatisfying from a Colonial point of view; the attack is legitimate because its perpetrator is unlikely to suffer permanent harm?

Any thoughts?