Whats the difference btw us terrorist soldiers kiling unarmed civilians &someone blowing himself in civilians?
491208
A terrorist for someone is a freedom fighter for other. It actually depends on which side you are. Yes you are right there is no difference between a marine killing a civilian and a terrorist killing a civilian.
81865
You are sick.  You've already posted a question on 9/11 wanting to know if they deserved it, now your're saying no one likes Americans, and I see you've posted another wanting to by a gun.  Don't know who you are but some one should report you.
914812
us army and about Innocent people cant say about them bcz us army protecting them and the terrorist are also between them (in Innocent people) and us army one way or other is suffering
1132314
The soldier kills because he is ordered to. that however does not ease the morality issue.\n\nMurder in self defense as well as murder for family or personal honor are not punishable in many countries. \n\nIt is a rather complicated issue that one cannot impose rules.\n\nYou are either against all sorts of killing (as you probably are) or you accept it as a fact of life.
580091
well, all your detail is the answer, but I presume you want a concise summary. So:\n\nActs both dangerous to human life and criminal, that appear to intimidate or coerce a civilian population - committed within the jurisdiction of the United States.
1006641
I would hate to even think about it. But revenge is the answer. Isn't that the first reason Afghanistan, then Iraq were invaded to revenge 9/11. It's human nature, only there has been no concrete proof approved by the UN to prove they were responsible - only media coverage that had the effect of mass brain washing and that has confessed that Iraq had nothing to with 9/11 or had WMD.\n\nIraqi and other people are being punished and labeled as terrorists simply because they are defending their country; a country that was invaded for no reason, lately being bringing them democracy! Democracy on the other hand would not accept that people are jailed, sent off to be tortured for years without a trial then maybe finally released without being convicted of anything.\n\nThese people (Iraqis etc.) have nothing to defend themselves with against heavy military weapons, napalm bombs bombarding on them and their loved ones, destroying their homes and the infrastructure of their country and yet they fight back, they are terrorists!\n\nOther nations, can shoot children and women on the beach because they have a "right to defend themselves" while other nations are being fought on their own soil by invaders and they do not have this same right. I cannot understand the discrimination and double standards applied.
1174410
Theyre both terrorists..Bin Laden planned and executed his paln to bomb us and it was a horrible thing...Bush is having troops injure innocent people and families that have nothing to do wiht somewhat of his personal war..both are TERRORISTS
227030
They complain when our forces kill innocent civilians because they didn't ask for our help to begin with.  We show up acting like we're the answer to their prayers and then run around killing innocent people.  Can't imagine why their pissed.  Most people don't like to have their country invaded by a foreign nation.  The insurgents, on the other hand, are trying to get us to leave.  You don't complain to the enemy when people are killed by friendly fire.
1149193
Not only does every American have the right but an obligation to be outraged by the tortured & beheaded servicemen. They are not protecting anything torturing & beheading our soldiers - have you forgotten the treatment of soldiers have international laws & rules. We do not torture & behead their soldiers. Shame on you for having no patriotism. I am amazed than the same poooooor Katrina victims people say leave an entire country to the torture of Al Queda. Are you suppose to be caring compassionate people & we are the war lovers? I do not think writing off an entire country including woman & children is compassionate. At least, we are willing to stay until we can safely leave their country & their children & women are somewhat safe. Al Queda proved once again how vicious they are. We got blasted for a few renegades taking naked pictures & you will defend beheadings. Good question! No I am not President Bush, I am the mother of a United States  Army Ranger.
674975
murdering helpless civilians is terrorism, and we do it too by bombing villages the explosion doesnt ask for names whenit goes off ,,soo we are part of the problem ,also any government that kills to make a policy stick like the saddam regeme one of our best customers by the way,, America makes and builds and sells more weapons than any country in the world ,,so we evn indirectly help to spawn revolutions ,,and arm drug gangs ,,around the world,, and terrorists
746769
Yes it does bother me. Especially when you consider than many of these people are wrongly accused of being terrorists.\n When we first invaded Afghanistan, people were spiteful and accused people they just didnt like as being terrorists and we captured held and tortured them. After finding out they werent really terrorists and released do you not think these people would go join the terrorists? \n How are we supposed to be a civilized nation and do something like this? It is outrageous that people think it is okay because the person it is being done to is classified as a terrorist. Any US citizen who thinks this is okay should go live somewhere else.
1059917
Yes, I'm pretty sure that Americans do torture people from time to time.  I think it's mostly in retaliation for the atrocities committed by the enemy, and although I think it's human nature and understandable for our people to do things like that, I also think it's important for our soldiers to try to hold themselves to a higher standard than the Muslim animals who perpetrate such acts against us.  It's hard not to exact revenge against pigs like them, but it's important that our servicemen and women try to adhere to a higher, more honorable standard  than the enemy.  It's what distinguishes us from the so-called "people" we are fighting against.
1003253
The foundation of your question is false.  The American soldiers are not killing anyone to achieve any degree of pleasure.  America targets those who are terrorists.  In so doing it is possible that civilians will be injured or killed.  Unlike other countries, if an American soldier does something outside of policy, they will be arrested and if convicted, they will be punished.\n\nThat having an armed people (vis a vis the United States) is bad totally is a misunderstanding.  In the areas with the highest per capita legal gun ownership, crime is very low.  Deaths by gun in the United States are primarily by criminals or accident.  Accidental death by gun drops relative to an increase of gun safety instruction.  Studies have demonstrated that annually  there are about 2,000,000 incidents where an armed citizen have saved lives.
558901
Terrorists are different from revolutionaries and freedom fighters. The latter two might accidentally kill innocents by negligence, bad luck or lack of thought. Terrorists by deffinition target innocents in the hope of creating enough fear to win their objective. Terrorism by nature is an admission of the inability to win militarily as such they attempt to scare/intimidate an enemy. This almost always fails so terrorists are also people with a complete lack of knowledge in history. Terrorism in the past has almost always hardened resolve and hurt a people's cause. \n\nSo no, most people could not actually intionally harm children in particuler. How many of you could sit on a bus with a bomb strapped to you and look at the child accross from you knowing you were about to kill them? I don't think many of us could do that. \n\nTo be a terrorist you have to leave your humanity behind. You have to decide that the qualifications for being a human are your narrow specifications. That those not like you are not human. Again most educated people cannot draw this line. Killing soldiers and enemy leaders yes. Killing those of your own group who betray your cause yes. Intentionally killing children and innocents no. \n\nThis is also why I feel that the accusations of the West being terrorists are groundless. When a missle hits a hospital by accident, often because the enemy placed military targets right next to a hospital, it was not something they wanted to do and we feel bad about doing this. The Arab nations know this and intentionally place targets near schools, hospitals and other areas willingly sacraficing women, elderly and children to generate negitive PR against their enemy. There is something inately psychotic about doing that in my opinion. \n\nMe I could easily blow up enemy bases, help sink enemy ships, assasionate an enemy leader and such if I felt I had really good cause to do so. I could not knowingly execute children. It's just not in me.
783423
It means nothing of the sort, they are not deranged.  People get killed by friendly fire in all wars, it happens and it is a fact that we have to face, albeit a very sad affair.  Mistakes are sometimes made by troops who wrongly identify a friendly vehicle, aircraft, or any other object, for that of the enemy, for one reason or another.
434814
One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter. \nWhether guerilla tactics are evil depends on whether we use them against others or whether they are used against us. \nAt one point in time American settlers were considered terrorists against the English crown, and Israel was helped into existance by Mossad, then considered terrorists by the English (again), for killing civilians and bombing buildings in order to create the Jewish homeland.\nI believe that the press coverage of Iraq and terrorism tends to use the word "terrorism" a bit too liberally. A lot of attacks against American troups are doubtlessly perfomed by "real" terrorists a.k.a. al Quaida, people that are not fighting FOR anything but rather AGAINST everything, against America and the West to be exact. Many of them aren't Iraqis but muslim secretly brought into the country and trained in geuerilla warfare, as terrorist, to be used, if possible, somewhere else later. \nOn the other hand there are insurgents, probably more everyones idea of freedom fighters. They fight FOR a free Iraq (whatever they mean with this). They are Iraquis and they feel their cuntry has been invaded, and they bloody well want to do something about it. Calling them terrorists seems a stretch.
1011175
Because that's what a terrorist is.  They do not care if they kill civilians or not.  They do not differentiate between the guilty and the innocent.  That is how they work.  They strike fear into others by killing indiscriminately.