any consistent application of a definition of terrorism makes the US (or any hegemonic power, in any era) look hypocritical. Not that it's hard.
On 2/25/07, ken hanly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
As long as the US did it the Americans would never think of these attacks as terrorism. Was the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima terrorism to Americans? Cheers, Ken Hanly --- Jim Devine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [from Lenin's Tomb] > > http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20070223/cm_csm/yballen > > Those who think that Muslim countries and > pro-terrorist attitudes go > hand-in-hand might be shocked by new polling > research: Americans are > more approving of terrorist attacks against > civilians than any major > Muslim country except for Nigeria. > > The survey, conducted in December 2006 by the > University of Maryland's > prestigious Program on International Public > Attitudes, shows that only > 46 percent of Americans think that "bombing and > other attacks > intentionally aimed at civilians" are "never > justified," while 24 > percent believe these attacks are "often or > sometimes justified." > > Contrast those numbers with 2006 polling results > from the world's > most-populous Muslim countries - Indonesia, > Pakistan, Bangladesh, and > Nigeria. Terror Free Tomorrow, the organization I > lead, found that 74 > percent of respondents in Indonesia agreed that > terrorist attacks are > "never justified"; in Pakistan, that figure was 86 > percent; in > Bangladesh, 81 percent. > > -- > Jim Devine / "The truth is more important than the > facts." -- Frank Lloyd Wright > Blog: http://kenthink7.blogspot.com/index.html
-- Jim Devine / "The truth is more important than the facts." -- Frank Lloyd Wright
