akuma587 said:
fkusumot said:
akuma587 said:
Do I really need a link to claim that some people living in the Middle East during the Gulf War were not happy we intervened at that some Americans took offense to that?
But I still maintain my claim that it is a little bit hypocritical of us to take such an unsympathetic view towards terrorists when many of the Founders of our country were actually terrorists.
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Freedom fighters. Maybe this is a semantic argument but I don't think so. I wouldn't call Robert E. Lee a terrorist either. I'm not trying to make an argument for some "just cause" or moral certitude. I'm just saying there's a difference between war, a popular uprising and Timothy McVeigh. Not that I'm disagreeing with you, akuma587, if your designation of (some of?) the Founding Fathers as terrorists was meant to frame them in a notional context that seems to turn the neocon view back on itself.
In other news, Gallup has Obama back at 50%, McCain at 43%. The road to 270 Electoral Votes seems increasingly more likely to go Obama's way then McCain's way.
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No, I totally agree with you, but I am just saying whether or not someone is a terrorist or a freedom fighter depends on what side of the coin you look at many of the times. Not in every, or maybe even most situations, but enough that the distinction can be arbitrary sometimes.
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I tottally don't get what your point is though. You think it's hypocritical that we feel worse against people trying to attack us... and as bad vs people not attacking us?
I'd argue that the "attacking us" angle would negate hypocrisy on that.
