"Depressed peoples of the world have no armies. They have no jets and no cruise missiles with which to strike back at the countries that oppress them. It is not unexpected that such people resort to suicide attacks on the innocent populations of thier oppressors. One man's terrorist ... is another man's freedom fighter."
This is the argument that liberal apologists are making these days to legitimize terrorism.
It's all bunk ...
Let me explain to the liberals out there who hold this view - there is no excuse for terrorism - and here's why...
First
Let's compare the terrorist suicide bombers of today to the Kamikaze's of World War II. They are very similar the two - with one striking difference - Kamikaze's attacked military targets - they were were terrifying - but they weren't terrorists.
Just after the military combat operations of the Iraq war ended, a lone Iraqi suicide bomber entered a mess tent for U.S. servicemen in Iraq and detonated - killing many American servicemen. I don't call that guy a terrorist. "Stupid" - yes, I'll call him that but I won't call him a terrorist because he targeted the military forces of his enemy.
For Rosie O'Donnel - George Bush is not a terrorist. The U.S. combat forces that he commands DOES NOT TARGET civilian populations. When civilians are killed today by U.S. military forces - it's an unintentional event - and it occurs exclusively as a result of collateral damage during attacks against enemy MILITARY targets or it's the result of an accident. In both cases - the U.S. has a policy to always either apologize or express deep regret to the civilian population suffering the loss and also promise that it will do everything in it's power to prevent it from happening again.
Terrorists TARGET exclusively civilian populations. And rather than apologize for their kills - they promise those civilian populations even more deaths.
Second ...
If it is legitimate for an oppressed people to resort to terroristic means - then by extension, it is also appropriate for NON-oppressed peoples to resort to it.
Why have an army or any military establishment then? If another country offends you - simply recruit some suicide bombers and send them out to blow up some enemy civilians. If all countries did this - the world would be chaos.
1 comment:
Man, I agree with just about everything you've written, Tumbler.
Only point of difference I might make is the fact that I think it is very relevant to condemn terrorism an illegitimate act.
In the west, our liberal left has made excuses for years for terrorism - essentially blaming the problem on us! This does nothing but encourage more terrorism from the terrorists.
We're even afraid to call them terrorists anymore! We like to call them "insurgents" or "freedom fighters" - that does nothing but legitimize these cowards - and ensures they continue to use these senseless terror tactics as their main mode of operation.
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