RE: *shock horror!* A convert to Islam was plotting a terrorist attack!
June 21, 2009 at 3:05 pm
@padriac
Please explain how invading a country (whether illegally or not) constitutes terrorism. Terrorism by definition is the "intentional use or threat to use violence against civilians and non-combatants in order to achieve political goals" (Wikipedia).
As far as everyone is aware, civilians were not targeted intentionally during the Iraq war. We invaded their country to take down a vicious dictator. Wars always bring about casualties, both military and civilian. Now I'm as anti-war as a lot of people, but to say that the Iraq war was terrorism is just plain silly. There were legitimate reasons for invading (to get rid of Saddam), and even if people did just do it for oil (which I don't believe for a second), the outcome shows that the war was justified.
Please explain how invading a country (whether illegally or not) constitutes terrorism. Terrorism by definition is the "intentional use or threat to use violence against civilians and non-combatants in order to achieve political goals" (Wikipedia).
As far as everyone is aware, civilians were not targeted intentionally during the Iraq war. We invaded their country to take down a vicious dictator. Wars always bring about casualties, both military and civilian. Now I'm as anti-war as a lot of people, but to say that the Iraq war was terrorism is just plain silly. There were legitimate reasons for invading (to get rid of Saddam), and even if people did just do it for oil (which I don't believe for a second), the outcome shows that the war was justified.
