Why ia 911 referred to as a "Terrorist Attack" and not a "KAMAKAZIE Attack" Its the same thing.

Question

Or is the word "Kamakazie" reserved specificly for the Japanese?

Or does the word "Terror" serve the Bush Administration's Agenda better because the word "Terror" instills a little more Fear in people than an old word from World War II?

Answer 1

Not the same thing...not even close. You should try reading some history books before posting questions.

Answer 2

The Kamikazis attacked military targets. The 9/11 attackers targeted civilians. The nature of the target is the distinction. The line becomes blurred when a military target is located among civilians.

The attack on the USS Cole is often called a terrorist attack. I consider a naval vessel a legitimate military target and would think it appropriate to describe those attackers as Kamikazi.

The other issue that should be considered is that in both the 9/11 and USS Cole attacks the attackers did not represent a specific nation, but rather an ideal supported by a very loose and decentralized organization. We don't have a word other than "terrorist" which more adequately describes them. Those people are fighting for the right to force all others to convert to their ideology or die. I think "terrorist" is an appropriate term.

Answer 3

The kamakazie attacks of WWII were done by uniformed members of Japan's military against uniformed members of America's military. However, questionable the tactics were, they did constitute terrorism.

Technically, you might be able to call the 9/11 attacks kamakazie attacks, but by defenition, terrorism is a better description of the attacks. It has nothing do to with politics, the attacks were terrorist attacks plain and simple.

Answer 4

"Kamikaze" means "Divine Wind". It was a codename for suicide flights by a specially trained corps of Japanese pilots during the Second World War. Lack of battleworthy airframes and trained pilots during the latter days of the war forced the Japanese to improvise by turning airframes into cruise missiles, heavily packed with fuel and whatever munitions could be scrounged up. Most pilots only got the most rudimentary of flight training. In many instances, they were towed or carried into altitude by another aircraft, and simply glided towards their objectives.

Calling the 9/11 attacks "Kamikaze" is like calling every mechanized offensive a "Blitzkrieg", or every minor skirmish an "Armageddon". When the underlying circumstances are fundamentally different, the same terminology does not apply.

And really, directly equating the hijacking of civilian aircraft and the deliberate targeting of civilian infrastructure and noncombatants, to strikes by combatants on combatants, stretches the truth to the point of inanity. There are better ways to demonstrate opposition to a political administration than to butcher historical accuracy.

Answer 5

It isn't Kamkazie. Kamakazie IS pretty much only to the Japanese. It means Swift Wind if I am not mistaken. It is a refrence to the defense of the Island, that goes back many hundreds of years I believe. Anyway I'm not getting into this whole story but you have to understand the major difference. That even IF you call this a Kamakize(which doesn't mean suicide as this is totally different) it is a different meaning. See those were men DEFENDING their land. We weren't in their land attacking them when they flew OUR planes into OUR buildings. They were on the OFFENSIVE instead of Defense. The Kamakazie were actually on a defensive mission.

Answer 6

Kamakazi is a suicide attack on another entity that you are in a conflict with. From what I've read, the people in the World Trade Center weren't in a conflict with the individuals flying the airplanes. they were innocent people. When you inflict harm on innocent people to futher your personal agenda, that is terrorism. Hence the attackers weren't honourable kamakazi pilots, but were infact, cowards.

Answer 7

Kamikaze is a Japanese word meaning Divine Wind and if it had been used in the context of 9/11 it might have suggested that the Japanese were somehow involved. Terrorist Attack stated the fact clearly and precisely in English. I would also wager a bet that 75 percent of Americans under the age of 18 would not have any idea what a Kamikaze in fact was..................

Answer 8

A kamikaze attack was a suicide attack. A terrorist attack doesn't have to be a suicide attack. It's 6 of one, half a dozen of another but I agree that the Bush administration over uses the word terror for political purposes. It's something that has evolved over time. Remember after the attacks he kept calling the attackers "evil doers"? Someone apparently pointed out to him how stupid it sounded whenever he said that so he switched to terrorists.

Answer 9

Kamakazie pilots were soldiers fighting in a different type of war, the type where both sides were clearly defined, and targeted only military objectives. Terrorists attack civilians, big difference there.

Answer 10

These are the definitions I found for Kamakaze:
A Japanese pilot trained in World War II to make a suicidal crash attack, especially upon a ship.
An airplane loaded with explosives to be piloted in a suicide attack.
Slang. An extremely reckless person who seems to court death.

They weren't Japanes pilots. The planes weren't loaded with explosives (unless you count the jet fuel as an explosive). Kamakaze would refer to the technique. Terrorist is more on the line of motivation. Terrorist usually refers to civlians but Kamakaze was for government pilots. They could be similar I guess, but I don't see the point in worrying about it.

Answer 11

Well, I suppose it was a Kamakaze attack in that they crashed their planes into the buildings. It was also definitely a terrorist attack, however. Believe me, I'm not defending W and his administration, but it was definitely a terrorist attack. Kamakaze kind of defines the style of the attack, as it were, but it is really more of a Japanese term and they attacked other military targets in a time of war. The term "terrorist" tells you who attacked, and Al Qaeda is certainly a terrorist organization.