Who is a terrorist : The one who spreads terror through arms or the one who spreads terror politically?

Answer 1

The one who blows stuff up with bombs is a terrorist.

Now note carefully: I did not make any distinction between one who sets an IED at a roadside, and one that drops a bomb out of a plane.

The distinction is in the intent, and desired results, not the method of delivery.

Terrorists hurt people for the sake of making a statement. And I will admit there are times where you have to fight a government on unconventional terms. But you better be ready for the consequences when you do so, because you are going to get them.

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Since someone asked me about it by e-mail...

I did not mean to say our troops are terrorists. They are not. We have them in a difficult situation, doing a difficult job, and I have a lot of respect for them and what they are going through.

What I meant to be saying there is that the people who sent them, ie- Bush and Rumsfield and Cheney, the ones who decided we did not need to observe the Geneva Convention any more, that we can jail people forever, and have the right to torture them, THOSE people I put on close to the same level as the terrorists. They are bringing us down to that level.

I fully support our troops, and am frankly in awe about how many of them are doing their job after this period of time. And yes, there are a couple that have not. But the vast majority are holding up a lot better than I think I could in that situation.

-Dio

Answer 2

It depends on who is defining the terrorist. A terrorist is someone who spreads terror.

Nelson Mandela was once branded a terrorist. He took up arms because he had exhausted all political avenues for redress available to him. Now he is not considered one because when given the opportunity, he largely helped avoid a blood bath in South Africa. I am quite sure a lot of the blacks under apartheid would not mind branding the racists as terrorists as that is what they did to the population - remember Soweto etc?

Osama bin Laden is considered a terrorist. He has sponsored evil acts against humanity such as the 9/11 events. However if you were a kid in Iraq, then you would have suffered immensely since the first Gulf war. Iraq's very highly developed health system became like a third world system and many of their highly trained specialists are now treating children in the west while Iraqi kids are dying at the hands of both western soldiers and insurgents.

Although the UN inspectors made sure Iraq's nuclear program was dismantled, some western politicians were able to establish imminent disaster within 40 minutes and saw the hands of Osama in Iraq although Saddam had largely suppressed the moslems in Iraq! The results are there for all to see. Iraqi dead were not even counted during the war! It can't be very rosy living there at present.

In conclusion, yes, if you spread terror in any population you can potentially be branded a terrorist no matter the means by which you achieve it

Answer 3

both are just as bad because by spreading political terror, it leads to arms, a terrororist is bad in all forms, it is really hard to define terrorism, because, what looks like terrorism to one may be justice seeking for the other, it is difficult to define but using force like terrorism does no good because its a lost cause and many innocent suffer

Answer 4

Both. The thought must preceed the action. One must think about throwing a bomb, then communicate that thought, then throw the bomb. The person that willful supplies the tools and materials to create the bomb and lends support to the builder of the bomb is just as guilty as the person who throws the bomb. Politicians like to distance themselves from the actions of people sthat take their advance, but God is watching everyone.

Answer 5

both are terrorist our government are the same no difference myself as an american cannot condone these acts against humanity we are all just peopl as far as foreign lands we have many issues here at home that need to be addressed before we try to change the world

Answer 6

A terrorist is a coward. One who blows up buildings and kills innocent people to prove a point. Terrorist are all around us. They know just where to strike and they are hard to stop. We will continue to fight them.

Answer 7

The one that is more apt to make arms and legs fly off humans standing in line at a bus stop.

Answer 8

Both

Answer 9

There's a difference?

Answer 10

both,,,, war is bad,,,, religious wars are real bad,,,,,, fighting religion with religion won't work,,,,,, we need diplomacy,,,,,, GWB has promoted bad policy,,,,, now he wants support around the world,,,, he has put America in the position to defend ourselves,,,, defend ourselves we must,,,, despite or troubled government.....