why isnt it called terrorism when its carried out by the US?

Question

i always thought this was and interesting question...

so i want to know your opinion on it..

between the years of 1980 and 2000, 250 of the 335 incidents confirmed as or suspected to be terrorist acts in the United States were carried out by American citizen


also,From Reconstruction at the end of the civil war to the end of the civil rights movement, the Ku Klux Klan used threats, violence, arson, and murder to further its white-supremacist, anti-semitic, anti-Catholic agenda.

between the years of 1980 and 2000, 250 of the 335 incidents confirmed as or suspected to be terrorist acts in the United States were carried out by American citizen


also,From Reconstruction at the end of the civil war to the end of the civil rights movement, the Ku Klux Klan used threats, violence, arson, and murder to further its white-supremacist, anti-semitic, anti-Catholic agenda.

Answer 1

Any specific example in mind?

Answer 2

Very good question. When someone has a legit answer, I will applaud.

The US is the most powerful country in the world, and the most arrogant one. What's that saying, "pride goeth before the fall." We have some unhappy days coming. When those get here, you can dance in the streets all you want. The term terrorism is a matter of opinion. What we Americans view as terrorism isn't what other nations of the world view it as.

Answer 3

Because of the arrogance of our nation. The U.S. has so many double standards, we talk about democracy but we over through democratically elected officials in other nations covertly, we occupy and kill one million and it is nothing because the people are Arab. We nuke Hiroshima, and it is nothing because they are Japanese. We supported dictators like Saddam and Pinochet and we know what happened to Saddam. We support Israel by giving them billions at the expense of every tax paying American, allowing them carte blanche to pretty much ethnically cleaning the Palestinians. The Palestinians are called terrorist and the Israelis are the victims. Double standards. We shove our values down the throats of others, but we are too good to get it back thrown back to us when we are wrong. Just talk about these things and some fake patriot will call you a trader. Or some idiot who still believes the Arabs did 9/11 will tell you to go to another country, when they don't realize that corporations have all left American and that’s why we do not have any more manufacturing jobs. Oh look how smart we are. Castro is the enemy because he is a Commi but look at China! They are poisoning our kids with their cheap lead filled toys and our good old American corps are selling these toxic dolls back to us for a small fortune, and China is good and Cuba is bad. This is the type of double standards that the average American will not think about nor accept. If we would define the word terrorism, we would fit the bill just as Israel, because of our actions. .

Answer 4

no longer each Muslim is a terrorist maximum of them are peacful human beings. I agree those poeple are evil and could be put in penitentiary for all times yet i do no longer accept as true with the death penalty. I in basic terms sense that making use of the death penalty we'd be in basic terms approximately sinking to there point and that i think of killing somebody is incorrect.

Answer 5

That's a big year span..how about from 2001 to present....even though they were citizens or legally here..they were Muslim....and the incidents were just blown off as isolated incidents.
....Canadian mall shooting, Seattle Jewish center shooting, San Francisco sidewalk car rundown, L.A. sidewalk rundown, Tennessee greyhound throat cutting..to name a few...and of course there are a few more you hear about..and all of a sudden the incident just disappears..no names..no motives...no nothing.
We're at war..but ignorant idiots like you refuse to believe it.

Answer 6

What acts of terrorism do you attribute to terrorists supported by the United States. Are you another dingbat who believes everything told to him or imagined is true or do you just like to hear yourself talk? My dad had a saying very apropo to the situation: " Why are there so many more horses asses than there are horses?"

Answer 7

Because terrorism means using fear as a weapon on society. The US isn't scaring anyone. It is simply occupying another nation for no reason.

Answer 8

because the US controls the media and has such a big influence in the world. if some country brings up the issue then the US would pressure the country in any possible way. the US has always gotten away with many horrible things. just to state one that comes to mind is the involvment with the coup of iran and the overthrowing of a democratic presidedent.

Answer 9

It's called terrorism when the actions of the individuals involved are not carried out by a sovereign nation.

By the way, our soldiers are hardly "terrorizing" anyone, they are trying to keep the peace!

Answer 10

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Answer 11

U.S. is a victim of terrorism. Her acts afterward should be considered as self-defence.