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Originally Posted by macmanmike6100
anybody who causes terror is a terrorist; I have a feeling that there are some current terrorists who are acting so in response to their current reality. i am absolutely not validating their methodology, but I'm sure that there are some terrorists who would stop terrorizing upon america's departure.
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No argument there. The part I couldn't fathom was
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It is true that these people use violent force against those in support of the new government, yet I still believe their cause is ultimately that of freedom, and not of oppression.
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I can't follow the logic of calling people who indiscriminately blow up children "freedom fighters," and Saddam's regime certainly seemed oppressive.
As does pretty much every theocracy I can think of.