Is America guilty of terrorism?

Question

according to the dictionary:

ter·ror·ism P Pronunciation Key (tr-rzm)
n.
The unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments, often for ideological or political reasons.

by this token: could it be argued the illegal invasion of Iraq, was in fact an act of state terrorism, designed to instill fear in the hearts of Middle Eastern Muslims?

why or why not would such an assertion be appropriate?

regarding the legality:

invading a sovereign nation has nothing to do with US Law, but rather INTERNATIONAL LAW:

quote:
"...the Coalition invasion began without the express approval of the United Nations Security Council, and most legal authorities regard it as a violation of the UN Charter. (cf. The UN Security Council and the Iraq war) Several countries protested. United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said in September 2004, "From our point of view and the UN Charter point of view, it was illegal."

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International lawyers and anti-war campaigners have reacted with astonishment after the influential Pentagon hawk Richard Perle said that the invasion of Iraq had been illegal.
In a startling break with the official White House and Downing Street lines, Mr Perle said in London on Wednesday: "I think in this case international law stood in the way of doing the right thing."

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/11/20/1069027255087.html

Answer 1

There's a saying that goes, "history is written by the victors." In other words, sometimes the only difference between "terrorists" and "freedom fighters" is who won and gets to apply the labels.

Answer 2

The invasion of Iraq was only taken after Iraq had broken the conditions of surrender to the USA, and many UN resolutions. The liberals love to falsely claim that this was "unlawful" when in fact it was Iraq that was in violation of any "lawful" authority. President Bush had the authority given him by the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. This action was not only lawful under the U.S. constitution, it has never had any UN resolutions authored against it, as Iraq had before the war. The ONLY realm in which it is considered "unlawful" is the fantasy world of the liberals.

From Kofi Anon's point of view anything the USA does is Illegal. The FACT of the matter is there were resolutions (MANY) against Iraq, and none against the USA. Accusations of something being Illegal are just that, accusations. If you want to talk about illegal lets talk about Kofi's son and what he did in the food for oil program. Now that was illegal, what did Kofi say about that?

These same liberals would consider our actions in WWII "unlawful". Ask these same liberals about the attack on 9/11 and they will say it was Bush or call Alqeda freedom fighters. These people need help. They have no sense of reality and root for Alqeda, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iraq, N. Korea, and Iran, yet they will blame the woes of the world on Bush.

Answer 3

First of all you assume that the attack of Iraq was illegal when congress, many of whom now oppose it, voted for it. Now if you are making a normative arguement that we didn't have a right to attack it then you have to prove that iraq had national rights. What is a nation. It is a finite amount of individuals defined by a geographic location clearly demarcated. The part I want to concentrate on is the individual. Nations are made up of people. And people can't exist without the person or the individual. Any nation that does not recognize the rights of the individual does not have a right to exist as a nation and any country is justified in invading it.

Answer 4

Nobody asked me if we should invade Iraq.
Since we are there, party in Bagdahd!
We should not have gone in, and the first time Victory was declared, shoulda left. Or the second time Victroy was declared, that would have been good time to leave. Third times a charm. So if Iraq surrenders, again or if the generals and war profiteers, coughcough, leave, we can say we won again.
I think 58,000 US Soldiers have to be killed before US can leave with dignity. I never understood the math or logic of war, but I recall that at 58,000 dead US gets tired and changes channels.
After a brief pause from our sponsors, another battlefield can be found, we did Cold in Asia, (Korea), Hot in Asia,(Vietnam),Carribean Nights, (Haiti), Emergency Room Pacifica Bikini Club,(Grenada). Yeah is about time to get a new script,cast and crew and lets make a Hit!
Musical hasnt been tried, yet.

Answer 5

u know yes USA is guilty of terrorism and killing of so many people not with its weapons only but with it policies that are 100% bias and unjust . OK we understand that oil has a big and a very big share in that too. but see i believe they should invade the whole Arabic countries and show them what justice is 100% because all Arabs and Arabic countries are under dictator ship from there governments we call them ( puppets) and there is not only 1 Saddam there is 23 Saddam's.
another thing is because of there support of Israel which is a terror country in the region alone killing of civilians and as a leading power in the world i think they should know better of being puppets for the Israelis Jews(Zionists). and if they can solve the middle east problem they finished there 1st step towards a world with no terror because of injustice

Answer 6

Well, if America's intent in Iraw was terrorism, then we did a shoddy job. Our intentions in Iraq were "liberating a suppressed people", "removing a dictator from power", oil, "spreading freedom and democracy", and adding another political puppet in the middle east. We didn't scare anyone, we just pissed them all off.

Answer 7

what i think is that both sides are either good or both sides are good.

Its ure point of veiw on the whole thing.

if you are an american, then american media and the pentagon only tell you things that makes them right.

But infact the pentagon are hiding the secrets from the public, when america done bad things.

And that is why the islam people are fighting.


The pentagon is a whole conspiracy organization.

Answer 8

All the madness caused by the bush administration is evident to all in the middle east..... America began this anti middle east war ,, wont there b any retaliation?? r the americans welcomed in this part of the region?? r americans safe anywhere in the world???

Answer 9

UM Illegal? You should look that term up. There was nothing Illegal about invading Iraq. So no that would not be considered terrorism even by your definition.

Answer 10

You got it bud. But will there be any trials of Bush, Chenney, Blair and his cronnies? Of course not. Welcome to reality- where money buys freedom and kills the poor to make the money stay with the rich.