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Originally Posted by rebound
Which part of American history would you like me to use? You're going to have to narrow it down to a specific period.
There's been plenty of terrorist acts committed by the U.S. government, when it wasn't warranted to achieve a good cause.
Sorry, but I'm not the brainwashed fool you continuously attempt to proclaim me.
Terrorism exists - as do terrorist organizations. Yes, they are normally political groups, but when they use terrorism as their most common/exclusive means of getting their message out, they are terrorist groups. No caveat.
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Wow...sounds like we actually agree on something here.
The label is obviously just a label. If you want to call them terrorist groups, then that is fine.
And no, I do not think what Hamas does is ok (as you indicated in your last post that you think I do). I simply think attacking them with military means will only help them to grow. When Hamas preaches that Israel is an evil enemy, and then the IDF attacks them and kills some Palestinean civilians in the process, all that does is show the Palestineans that Hamas was right. Take a lesson from MLK Jr. on this one. The only way to defeat the enemy is to win them over by example. Without the support of the population, Hamas becomes powerless. Only those who want to strengthen Hamas (i.e. those who don't want peace) would support a policy of using force against them.
That is my opinion. I am just as much against them as you are. I simply believe there is a better way to deal with them. You would think that after 40 years of the current strategy being a failure, more people would welcome a new strategy.
And the same goes for dealing with Al-Queda, and the Iraqi insurgency. The current strategy will not work. It will just serve to keep the status quo. And it is my belief that those politicians who support the current strategy want just that....an endless war. I don't buy the theory that they simply don't know better. They know exactly what they are doing.