What's a terrorist? Is it just anyone that is active in hurting Western interests? Or is it people that resort to guerrilla tactics?
flstf, I do understand the urge to demonize those responsible for the current mess, and likening them to terrorists may very well be the way to achieve that, but we're already creating enough fear and anger. The solution to this situation, like any situation, is to promote calm pragmatism, to take a dispassionate and rational approach and deal with emotions when everything is said and done. It's not difficult to locate those responsible, and if we discover they have been breaking the law we should prosecute them. If we find they've broken no law, we create new and better laws to prevent this from happening again. If we cannot convince our leaders to create new laws, then we find new leaders, and if the system doesn't allow us to choose the leaders necessary, we create a new system.
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