Re: Islam and Terrorism

>Perhaps not.  It may have begun with Cain killing Abel.  But as an
>historic force in its current form, terrorism took on its present,
>distinct identity in the Middle East, after a few decades of
>Munich-olympics-style crimes, coalescing into an organized coherence
>in about the 1990s.

I get the picture -  they're all bad people who hate freedom. Thanks
for the heads up.

>> The US has been
>> the main instigator of terrorism across the world for decades. As Pat
>> pointed out, it helped train what became Al Qaida. But only recently
>> have retaliatory acts of terrorism been carried out against US
>> citizens, and on US soil.
>> 
>> If you want to stop terrorism, tell your government not to take part
>> in it.
>> 
>It helps your case to blur distinctions, expanding your definition of
>terrorism until it includes (however vaguely) anything the US did. 
>This mentality is what leads people to say that any use of force is an
>act of terrorism, even in self-defense.

I'm terribly sorry, Robery. I meant to say "freedom fighters" to
distinguish them from the bad people who hate freedom.

ka kite
Steve