Was the revolutionary war rebels a terrorist org?

[WhiteHawk]

They certainly fit the profile.  An anti govt militant group hell bent on gaining political control and power from the ruling authoufity.

[Elfie]

Is authoufity a new word?

[WhiteHawk]

Originally posted by Elfie
Is authoufity a new word?

no, its been afound fof awhile.  O cfap, my keyboafd is bfoke again.

[Saintaw]

That sounds like a lisp. dangerous path sir... dangerous path.

[rabbidrabbit]

why don't you look up the definition of the word and find your own answer?

[Ripsnort]

Originally posted by rabbidrabbit
why don't you look up the definition of the word and find your own answer?

I doubt Whitehawk or xtoronto had much education in this area so let me be the first to supply them with their first instruction on the subject.

Terrorism refers to a strategy of using violence, or threat of violence targeted against non-combatants to generate fear, cause disruption, and ultimately, to bring about compliance with specific political, religious, ideological, and personal demands

[eagl]

edit - the post I was replying to has been deleted... Interesting.  Here's my response anyhow.

If you're implying that the US is "occupying" Iraq, you're sadly mistaken.  The Iraqi people never gave up...  They merely tolerated the US presence.  The war was over too fast for the population to feel that they were defeated.  We showed up one day, blew the crap out of anyone who shot back, tore down some statues, and asked people to keep doing what they used to do the week before.

For the majority of Iraqis, at worst we're unwelcome guests tracking muddy bootprints around the country who are providing an excuse for various religious whackos to kidnap, torture, and blow up each other.  They know darn well that if we left now, a religious "civil war" would break out overnight.

We don't have anywhere near the number of troops anywhere to "occupy" any other country.  If the Iraqis really wanted us out, it would take maybe a week before we were on the run.

If you're talking about Israel, again you're completely exaggerating.  If a Mexican terrorist group backed by Cuba was tossing rockets into San Diego, you bet your butt we'd roll in and do the exact same thing Israel is currently doing.  The arguments are the same, except that the Mexicans aren't violent or crazy enough to try to retake Texas by force.  They're going to move in and outbreed us instead.  But if someone backed by Cuba did try rockets and blowing up busses in SoCal, Arizona, and TX, we'd push the border back in a hurry and probably take Cuba just to show we were serious.

So... what occupational armies ARE you talking about?

[moot]

Hehe, flanking the issue in the other thread to attack it from the rear here..
We will provide suppressing fire!
Oops, no, backpeddle - delete that reply..

[WhiteHawk]

Originally posted by Ripsnort
I doubt Whitehawk or xtoronto had much education in this area so let me be the first to supply them with their first instruction on the subject.

Terrorism refers to a strategy of using violence, or threat of violence targeted against non-combatants to generate fear, cause disruption, and ultimately, to bring about compliance with specific political, religious, ideological, and personal demands

Ahhh, thnx.  Is the CIA a terrorist organization?

[Holden McGroin]

Originally posted by WhiteHawk
Ahhh, thnx.  Is the CIA a terrorist organization?

No.

Last time I checked blowing up a grade school or a pizza parlor were poor ways to encite a government coup.

[Elfie]

Originally posted by WhiteHawk
no, its been afound fof awhile.  O cfap, my keyboafd is bfoke again.

[toon]

my sweet grandmother mary once said.."dont pick your nose on a bumpy road you little ****."

[dmf]

Originally posted by WhiteHawk
They certainly fit the profile.  An anti govt militant group hell bent on gaining political control and power from the ruling authoufity.

Yes they were, and the signers of the Declaration of Independence are lucky as hell we won, if we'd lost the war, they would have been hanged for high treason against England. Along with anybody else that wanted freedom.

[Holden McGroin]

Just because what you may do is treasonous does not make you a terrorist.

Terrorism is defined by the military value of the target.  

If the target is of no military value and the purpose of the attack is to maximise the damge to ordinary folks just going about their lives at the school, the supermarket, the restaurant, the laundromat, a city bus.... causing terror within the civilian population, then you are a terrorist.

I consider the attack on the marine barracks to not be a terror attack.  Marine barracks would be a legitimate military target.

The attack on the russian school was not legitimate.

[WhiteHawk]

Originally posted by Holden McGroin
Just because what you may do is treasonous does not make you a terrorist.

Terrorism is defined by the military value of the target.  

If the target is of no military value and the purpose of the attack is to maximise the damge to ordinary folks just going about their lives at the school, the supermarket, the restaurant, the laundromat, a city bus.... causing terror within the civilian population, then you are a terrorist.

I consider the attack on the marine barracks to not be a terror attack.  Marine barracks would be a legitimate military target.

The attack on the russian school was not legitimate.

So the attack on the WTC was definatley a terrorist strike.