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When state dept. talking head PJ Crowley was asked if the murder of two U.S. airmen at the Frankfurt airport was a terrorist attack:
"Was the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords a terrorist attack? I mean, you have to look at the evidence and look at the motivation and then you make a judgment".
WTF?
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why does it matter?Quote:
Originally Posted by DarrinS
Miss the terror hype? Pobrecito.
There is a gulf between knowing that it *probably* was terrorism and being able to prove it, and assert it as a fact.
What is unbelievable is how fucktardedly partisan you are about everything that comes down the pike.
If all you have is a hammer.....Quote:
Originally Posted by RandomGuy
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Originally Posted by RandomGuy
I just find it strange that the same bunch that jumped on the "crosshairs" metaphor can't bring themselves to say jihad or radical Islam when, by all accounts, the shooter yelled "Alahu Akbhar". If that's fuckktardedly partisan, so be it.
If you just want to be general (some muslim attacking some westerner), sure, I guess I would say it is terrorism. To get into semantics, however, I would say "I don't know." This just might be a crime of passion for some perceived sleight. I would probably define terrorism as a war strategy and don't see what kind of tactical purpose this would serve (other than maybe "hey we can still get you"). The fact that the targets were military personnel may lean the other way. So really the answer is we don't know.
any attack on muslims is defined as collateral.
any attack by muslims...or anyone else, is defined as terrorism.
darrin can't see the pattern.
Jesus... generalize much? I just don't see little isolated events like this taking down Western civilization, especially due to the ignorance from Liberals. Kind of a stretch if you ask me.
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Originally Posted by Halberto
Please visit Europe.
When did you last visit Europe, Darrin?
this should be good. tell us about europe, d.
dammit manny
How many people here feel/believe the ft hood incident was a terrorist attack?
is any muslim who commits murder a terrorist?Quote:
Originally Posted by Viva Las Espuelas
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Originally Posted by Viva Las Espuelas
Just a very, very isolated incident by a crazy person. Being Muslim was only a coincidence.
Sincerely,
Denial
so the Vriginia Tech shooter was a terrorist?Quote:
Originally Posted by DarrinS
nice logic
An attack on military personal makes it very hard to call it a terrorist attack, imo.Quote:
Originally Posted by Viva Las Espuelas
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Originally Posted by George Gervin's Afro
Of course not, he wasn't muslim...right darrins? Seems like to you that's a pre-requisite.
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Originally Posted by MannyIsGod
Terrorism - "a calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against CIVILIANS...
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Originally Posted by MannyIsGod
Why?
because then its just this thing we call "war", Darrin.
Why this bbs doesn't have a facepalm emoticon is beyond me.Quote:
Originally Posted by MannyIsGod
http://www.audioandanarchy.com/images/smilies/fack.png
Or this one. http://www.audioandanarchy.com/image...es/really1.png
You're aware that racism =/= terrorism right? Did the killer have a political or sociological goal they were espousing, using this murder to further their ends?Quote:
Originally Posted by DarrinS
To be fair to Darrin, an attack against a military member doesn't necessarily equate "war". And terrorist attacks can occur against military members, but the line is blurry. For instance, the Khobar Towers incident is considered a terrorist attack.