Terrorism - A lost meaning?

[devonin]

Re: Terrorism - A lost meaning?

I'd argue that the damage done by "The mess you made" far outweighs the good you tried to do.

Also...I wasn't really aware that leaving your mess behind, to invade somewhere else, leaving the mess to be cleaned by other nations counted as "Cleaning up the mess [we] made"

But we're wandering more than a little off topic, this could easily be its own seperate thread.

[purebloodtexan]

Re: Terrorism - A lost meaning?

I'd argue that the damage done by "The mess you made" far outweighs the good you tried to do.

Also...I wasn't really aware that leaving your mess behind, to invade somewhere else, leaving the mess to be cleaned by other nations counted as "Cleaning up the mess [we] made"

But we're wandering more than a little off topic, this could easily be its own seperate thread.

By "the mess", I mean we're somewhat trying to bring peace to the middle east.

Anyway, I don't have much else to say.

[purebloodtexan]

Re: Terrorism - A lost meaning?

Indeed, it is, but I don't remember us having to go through this much before Saddam lost power.

[jewpinthethird]

Re: Terrorism - A lost meaning?

Then his "idealogical goal" was to "get back" at the "rich guys" for what he didn't like.

And those involved in 9/11 didn't get us to change our policies out of fear and are also dead. Does that not make THEM terrorists?

9/11 was an orchestrated attack by a militant Islamic fundamentalist group, known as the Talibad..you know, the guys who ran Afghanistan from 1996-2001. They were motivated both by political means and ideological means...fueled by a grudge they still hold that dates back to the Crusades. They want to kill all the infidels...especially American infidels who are the epitome of everything they hate.

The history of the United State's involvement in the Middle East is long, and I'm not well versed on the topic, but we are still engaged in a war with the Taliban in Afghanistan. They are still harboring Osama bin Laden, and they are still causing terror.

Contrast that with Cho, a mentally ill college student who never talked and had no friends who decided to go on a killing spree. He killed random people indiscriminately. It doesn't matter what his justification was for doing what he did, as he was mentally ill. A majority of his victims were 18-21 year old college students. How is he getting back at the "rich guys" by killing college students? That makes no sense. It's poor logic. There's no connection.

Also, purebloodtexan, your argument is based on speculation, you have no evidence to back what you are saying.