Wasn't thinking I was going to respond to anything here, but I just had to say something about this:
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No, but for the life of me I cannot understand why you want to believe these terrorists are the good guys.
How in the world did you come to this conclusion? There's an enormous difference between saying:
How is what they're doing terrorism? They're attacking military forces who have illegally occupied their country. (Whether or not our invasion of Iraq was legitimate or justified, it was certainly illegal.) What about that is terrorism?
...and saying, "I support the Iraqi insurgents, I sure hope they are victorious over our forces!" One is an argument of definition; the other is a statement of position.
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Neither one of us is blind, and that is what really disturbs me. You seem to have good intentions, but the conclusions you've come to are so evil, I just can't comprehend it.
How is what he said evil? Pointing out that the people we're fighting against might maybe just not be all terrorists with only the destruction of America in mind is not evil. A refusal to foolishly classify all enemies as "terrorists" without first considering their motives and methods is not evil.
I could not have said it better myself:
...when you dilute the meaning of the word "terrorism", you diminish the significant of every victim of terror.
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