Dictionary definition of terrorist:
'a person who terrorizes or frightens others'
from http://dictionary.reference.com
if you were an iraqi child or an afghanistani woman (or a vietmanese in the 60's) and you were being bombed by american bombers, would you not be frightened?
2007-02-05 08:39:31 · 21 answers · asked by Zag 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Shouldn't they be frightened of the suicide bombers who are killing fellow muslims? Oh wait,you give them a free pass. My bad.
2007-02-05 08:44:54 · answer #1 · answered by tabs 3 · 5⤊ 4⤋
They are probably very afraid, but at the same time the Americans are fighting to give them a free country. The President is trying to stop the fighting between the Sunni and Shiite so the people can be a democratic country. He first got rid of Saddam, who terrorized and murder people in his own country. Its a terrible mess and I feel sorry for everyone. That is the problem with war it hurts the innocent. Bush feels if he does not stop terrorism they will attack the States again and again. By the way I am a Canadian and not overly fond of Bush, but he has to do something to stop the terrorists from attacking Americans.
2007-02-05 08:50:46 · answer #2 · answered by angel 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
No, he is not.
And of course they are probably frightened. However, the same could be said in any war. How about during the Civil War? Was Sherman a terrorist? How about during WWI? Was Wilson a terrorist? FDR and Truman during WWII? During the Vietnam war, was Johnson a terrorist?
If one was to use the definition that you gave, then Stephen King and Dean Koontz are terrorists too. So are gang members. I bet there are some people that you and I both scare. So I guess we're terrorists too.
Shall I continue?
2007-02-05 08:46:33 · answer #3 · answered by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
By that definition, my neighbor is a "terrorist". Turn things around just a bit, if you were a young woman in Iraq, or Afghanistan, that was saved from a "rape room" or allowed to go to school, or vote for the first time, then wouldn't George Bush be a hero?
I understand what you are trying to say, but it's not only a stretch, it's ridiculous. The world is far to complicated a place to try to define by Webster. Thanks
2007-02-05 08:55:36 · answer #4 · answered by rosi l 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Yes of course he is although you are just playing with words he is a man who used violence and the threat of it (causing terror) to shape the World to his will so he certainly terrorises and that makes him a terrorist.
However, if his motives were good (self defence is the only really defendable case and the WMDs was a big lie as anyone with half a brain must realize) then he would have a higher purpose which would negate his use of terror or justify it in such a way that he was only terrifying bad people which is ok.
2007-02-05 09:13:07 · answer #5 · answered by airmonkey1001 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
I was frightened of Clinton too so does that make him a terrorist?I am also frightened of:
spiders
bees
snakes
stray dogs
My point is, you are taking that definition way too literally.
2007-02-05 08:48:50 · answer #6 · answered by TRUE PATRIOT 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
yeah, totally, it's not right that so many Iraqi and Afghanistani people are dying. That would be like if Spain and Niger came over here and fought a war against eachother.
2007-02-05 09:46:36 · answer #7 · answered by shepardstar 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Using that lack of logical thinking one could say that every president who sends our military into a confilct is a terrorist. We bombed Italy, Gemany, Japan etc.. during WWII, was the President a terrorist then ?
2007-02-05 08:46:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋
'Give me liberty or give me death.'
Consider the women voting last January (not to mention more than one candidate to vote for). Believe me, every life is precious, we can't forget that, but FREEDOM IS NOT FREE. It cost our American ancestors, and it's going to cost this generation of Americans, Iraqis, and Afghans. We need to face it. They're willing to pay, why aren't we.
By the way, you're a freak. Get off the computer, ya big dope.
2007-02-05 08:45:18 · answer #9 · answered by duckkillerdan 3 · 5⤊ 2⤋
You frighten me since you asked the question. I think you are the terrorist.
2007-02-05 08:45:22 · answer #10 · answered by Beachman 5 · 7⤊ 2⤋
Of Course not, Bush is not a terrorist because he doesn't fill the criteria ! He fights a war out of religious conviction. He wants to spread our political ideology to other people, whether they want it or not. His nation's children spill their blood for God and country. He will never cut and run even if it requires torture, killing, murdering, and frightening women and children.......oops! Wait, let me think this over. Of course you are wrong....but, then maybe your not ? Gee I don't know???? Very interesting question, makes one think!
2007-02-05 09:08:24 · answer #11 · answered by looking4ziza 3 · 1⤊ 4⤋