2nd debate, who won? Obama or Romney?

[Mr Khan]

Kasz216 said:

Mr Khan said:
Look, the attack would have been an act of terrorism whether it was a coordinated, premeditated assassination or an act of semi-spontaneous violence centered around an organized rally.

There's too much loading going on behind the meaning of the word "terror," here.

That said, Obama should have hammered on the fact that Republicans have been starving the State Department of essential funds to help prevent just this sort of thing.

Like I mentioned in the thread you specifically created about that... it wouldn't work, because Romney would then just point out how much security is wasted in countries with competent defense.

 

Also... I wouldn't say killing people in a riot is an act of terroism.

 

I mean... if the Chinese ambassador to the US is in New York... and some people are protesting chinese jobs overseas and a riot happens, that eventually leads to the death of the chinese ambassador...

I don't think anybody would consider that terrorism.

At least I wouldn't.

I would. Those people clearly came with the intention to start shit up, and if it gets violent, then it moves into the realm of terrorism.

It's like, second-degree terrorism. Not planned or plotted, but still violence with the intent to send a message of some sort, which is terrorism.