Thousands of innocent civilian men, women and children have died at American hands in this war on terror and in President Bush's misguided war in Iraq. Innocent civilians are being killed as part of our political and military strategy; therefore, the U.S. is a state terrorist- by definition.
Right?
2006-10-08 07:42:05 · 17 answers · asked by ideogenetic 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Leaving aside Mr Bush's specious and ill founded reasons for invading Iraq, if the civilians were killed or injured by what is now coyly called 'collateral damage', then I don't think you can call the US a terrorist state. However, if occupying troops deliberately kill innnocent Iraqis (like the young woman who was raped then murdered, along with her family, by a group of US soldiers), then maybe those troops can be viewed as at least on par with terrorists.
2006-10-08 07:50:32 · answer #1 · answered by avian 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The Mother of all Terrorists
To Be Taken Quite Literally!
For those of you who want "FACTS" and "FIGURES" and have the intellect to judge 'GOOD' from 'EVIL' and the courage to know and say out the TRUTH....for the rest you should stop here!
Ever since the United States Army massacred 300 Lakotas in 1890, American forces have intervened elsewhere around the globe 100 times. Indeed the United States has sent troops abroad or militarily struck other countries' territory 216 times since independence from Britain. Since 1945 the United States has intervened in more than 20 countries throughout the world.
Since World War II, the United States actually dropped BOMBS ON 23 COUNTRIES. These include: China 1945-46, Korea 1950-53, China 1950-53, Guatemala 1954, Indonesia 1958, Cuba 1959-60, Guatemala 1960, Congo 1964, Peru 1965, Laos 1964-73, Vietnam 1961-73, Cambodia 1969-70, Guatemala 1967-69, Grenada 1983, Lebanon 1984, Libya 1986, El Salvador 1980s, Nicaragua 1980s, Panama 1989, Iraq 1991-1999, Sudan 1998, Afghanistan 1998, and Yugoslavia 1999.
Post World War II, the United States has also assisted in over 20 different coups throughout the world, and the CIA was responsible for half a dozen assassinations of political heads of state.
2006-10-08 07:45:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋
Where do you get your figures ? At least ninety five percent of deaths in Iraq are by Iraqis. When an Iraqi suicide bomber kills himself and fifty market shoppers, is that fifty-one more that the Americans killed ?
Your statement that killing innocent civilians is our military strategy is an outright lie. I have served too much time in the military. Intentionally killing a single civilian calls for court marshall
2006-10-08 08:06:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
NO. Did the thousands who died in WW2 on the enemy side make us terrorists also. Gee maybe we should have never fought WW2. All Hitler needed was ahug, right. It's called war for a reason, sadly so many today are not smart enough to fiqure that out.
2006-10-08 07:51:25 · answer #4 · answered by Meow the cat 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
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2016-10-15 23:34:49 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Terrorism is defined more by whether the innocents are TARGETS or merely collateral damage. That's why we were not considered terrorists for bombing Germany in WWII. The target was their industrial infrastructure.
2006-10-08 07:44:58 · answer #6 · answered by Brand X 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Terrorists kill, even if they only operate the weapons of their masters. The first Terrorist in this hemisphere was Christopher Columbus. His methods are still being carried out today by the same kinds of warlords against the same kinds of people. Will you celebrate tomorrow?
2006-10-08 07:53:23 · answer #7 · answered by Reba K 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
innocents die in every war...american revolution...civil war...spanish american war..ww1...ww2...korea...vietnam..iraq and afghanistan...so in the american revolution..were the colonist terrorists??? in the civil war...were the americans terrorists??? in the spanish american war...were the americans terrorists?...in ww1...were the americans terrorists?,,,in ww2 were americans terrorists??? in korea were the americans terrorists? in vietnam were the americans terrorists? in iraq and afghanistan are the americans terrorists??? i'm sorry... i thought that the terrorist attacked us on 9/11.
2006-10-08 07:56:59 · answer #8 · answered by bushfan88 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO!!!!!!!!!!!!! American Military tries not to kill innocent civillians, it's the Islamo-Fascist terrorists who hide behind the innocent civillians and who go about killing them if they refuse to obey them.
2006-10-08 07:54:56 · answer #9 · answered by Vagabond5879 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In any war civilians die.
What if some towel heads are less.
2006-10-08 07:51:54 · answer #10 · answered by SKG R 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋