"Attack on America" - a Personal Response (fwd)

[Jim Choate]

On Fri, 14 Sep 2001, Riad S. Wahby wrote:

> The labels "act of terrorism" and "act of war" are mutually exclusive.
> The former is by definition perpetrated by a non-governmental group;
> the latter requires actions by a government.  The claims by Dubya et
> al to the contrary are incoherent politibabble.

Malarky.

War - conflict by force of arms, as between nations

Terrorism - calculated use of violence, mayhem, and murder to inspire
            terror.

It's a question of scale, not participants. A nation can engage in
terrorism (eg Syria, Libya).


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