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Who is a Terrorist?
by MikeSar

If a soldier attacks women and children by order of their government, is that terrorism? Yes, of course, but do we condemn the Sudanese as Terrorists? Are we going to invade Burma because they starve their people to death? Surely that is terrorism -the French wanted to.deliver food by force.

Do we define Terror ONLY if it is Politically Correct and we simply assert they are "enemies of the US"? Is it meaningful to condemn those that fail to throw flowers in our path in Iraq, like VP Chaney predicted, as Terrorists? Was the prediction right and proper?

I know we must be on the side of the angels but, like someone wrote, "the important thing is not whether we assert God is in our side but whether we are on the side of God!" Maybe, just maybe, Pastors, Reverends, Ministers, Rabbi, Priests and Popes do matter and we should listen to them, even when they speak in a manner we don't think is kosher.

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