Why Bin Laden is called a terrorist and Bush is not???

Question

Bin laden (for argument sake) killed 4000-5000 people. I am not supporting bin laden nor he is my friend ;) but i just wonder why a person is called terrorist for killing 4 thousand people and another is not called terrorist even he has killed more than 400 thousand people.

Dont you see the people dying in IRAQ. In IRAQ only the toll has raised to more than 150,000 and what about afghanistan more than 200000 people. These numbers can be obtained through BBC and CNN. Bush's channels

I believe those who support BUSH for his activites are also terrorists..

Dear answerers check out the history as american president had been called a terrorist back in 19th century by english people.

People give logics that bin laden is a terrorist and bush is fighting terrorists..
Surveys show that people were more in peace than they are now before this so called fight for terror started.. I believe this is all politics. I thought it only happens in INDIA that politicians starts HINDU-MUSLIM killings and rest of the job is ,then, done by HUNDU-MUSLIM themselves. But Bush also succeeded in doing same sort of stuff. The worst thing is that it doesnt started just in america but its all over the world now.

Answer 1

Because Bush is wearing a facade

Answer 2

Terrorism is exactly that--the intent to strike terror into someone. Bush isn't considered a Terrorist because his goal (whether you agree with it) was entirely different: liberation of a Country. Terrorists also typically have a goal of some form of liberation (such as an occupying party (our revolutinaries could have fit the bill as terrorists)). The difference is who is willing engage in the open.

(before you rant and rave about how he's after the oil remember that he's never taken any)

Secondly, Bush has never condoned the murder of any innocent people. As a leader of a country at war, He and his troops have clearly identified their targets: The guys with guns shooting at them, the guys building bombs and blowing up women and children, the guys that go on Al Jazeera once a week to plot a new way to kill you.

Terrorists very seldom have a specific target. They really are just going for blood. While our troops may experience "collateral damage" (yes it's sick that they consider the accidental deaths of innocent bystanders as such), the collateral damage is entirely unintentional.

Thirdly,terrorists very seldom identify themselves. Soldiers and leaders do. Bush clearly identified who he is and his intention. This is also true of our troops. Think of this: Three soldiers, three terrorists and three civiliams are in a room in Iraq. Can you identify which is which? The answer is sure! The soldiers have guns.....now you have 3 out of the remaining 6 that are willing to blow themselves up. Who do you shoot?

Answer 3

...Bin Laden is a cold-blooded murderer who has a lot of people snookered into living and dying for him (funny how Bin Laden himself never leads the charge). His brave and depraved group comes out of hiding and brutally murders (beheading, sometimes videotaping) their enemies and also innocent civilians - including children.
...We were attacked on 9/11/2001 and our President elected to try to snuff out the terrorist threat. We were successful in Afghanistan, but Iraq has become a real thorn in the flesh. In both places, great care has been taken to kill the terrorists only, and spare innocent civilians. Also, very little has been reported by American media about the good that has been done for the Irai people - reconstruction, running water, and other services - these have been kept secret by our "fair and balanced" liberal media, in their on-going effort to criticize our military and in their hatred to disgrace our Commander-in-Chief.
...We have no plans to snatch their land or their oil - just to try and rid the earth of a bunch of blood-thirsty terrorists (who goal in life is to kill and maim, and murder as many as possible) and then leave the land to the Iraqis.
...Saddam Hussein is out - this has been beneficial - no more need for rape houses, prisons, and mass graves. I hope the Iraqi people give him just what he deserves. His feeble attempts to call Bush a terrorist are just a play to the American media, who can't tell the difference between Bush and Hussein, using what little brain power they have.
...If you don't believe this about the liberal media, just count how many stories came out in the New York Times about Abu Graib prison - there were dozens - it made good play in the liberal press - I sure wish they would get just as concerned about atrocities committed by the terrorists against our soldiers and innocent civilians.
...If you can't see a difference between Bin Laden and Bush, you'd better look again - and stop watching and parroting the liberal media. There is no comparison - not even close.

Answer 4

Bush is a terrorist against America. Sure it sucks that people are dying in Iraq, but that's just cause Bush is a dumbass and thought it would make daddy proud, even though his dad has shown dissaproval of the whole situation. Bush used to terrorize America with fear, he used it against the American public to make himself seem like a good president, but he couldn't hide behind it for long. Unfortunately what he has probably done by trying to be the president of the world instead of the president of the united states is foster hatred towards americans in many many countries around the world.

Answer 5

Because calling Bush a terrorist would be sacrilege here in the US, while is probably considered an evil leader in Iraq by those in opposition again the US war on terror. The thing is Bush didn't plot and surprise attack on Iraq and he didn't kill innocent people, while the Taliban kill their own innocent citizens, American soldiers, Americans and themselves... now at the some shiet. and the war on terror has been supported by our few allies.

Answer 6

This may be hard for you to understand but the reason Bin Laden is called a terrorist is because HE IS!

The reason Bush is not called a terrorist is because Bush wouldn't have done a doggone thing if good ol Mister Bin Laden hadn't brainwashed his followers into crashing those planes.

Answer 7

Intent.

It is the orientation of one's heart that determines whether one's behavior is an example of unmitigated brutality. Bin Laden out of hatred for America wanted to exact maximum number of civilian casualties.

Bush at least only aims to bring down corrupt governments which enable those people to carry out their hatred.

I would also propose that those twisting reality through such questions as you've posed it are either misguided, unthinking, or just plain evil. Only the radical left would try to conflate the two examples.

Answer 8

Bin Laden killed 3000 innocent unsuspecting people, Bush stood up and fought that man and his people. Bin Laden is the terrorist, and Bush is fighting those terrorists

Answer 9

Bush certanly is called a terrorist expecially in Islamic countries. Whatever label you wish to use the U.S. invasion of Iraq has been a disaster for us and them. Bush is a fool.

Answer 10

I think this guy is refering to the fact that the study group calculated that 650,000 MORE people died in Iraq than would have if we had not invaded.

Yes you heard me. Hussein was a dictator who killed people and buried them in mass graves. He would have killed more people had we not stepped in.

But by stepping in IN THE WAY WE DID (our classic way - first install them, then look the other way while they support us, then go in by force for 'moral reasons' once they are against us) 650,000 MORE people died.

I think Bush is not called a terrorist because (1) we live in the English-speaking world and in the Arabic-speaking world it is sometimes reversed, and (2) I don't see Bush's actions in Iraq as terrorist - we are in there for hidden reasons but not to spread fear in citizen's lives.

Now, I think what Bush is doing HERE, in the U.S., by using erosion of civil liberties to scare people and changing terrorist alerts to help his party at crucial times, IS terrorism. But not in Iraq.

~ Lib

Answer 11

Bush didn't murder anyone. He is the Commander in Chief of the US Military. As such he has a duty to defend the nation against all enemies both foreign and domestic.
Bin Laden's only duty is to father some 30 children by different wives and murder people.
Your comparison is idiotic, not to mention moronic. No offense to idiots or morons.
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