No. That is if Al-Queda actually had a formalized and recognized political structure. (BTW, I don't consider HAMAS a terrorist organization...figure that one out )

Now...onto the ranting

Terrorists, IMO, are any group of people devoid of political representation in a formal structure of command who's tactics are, for the majority, directed at civilian populations.

For instance Kamikaze pilots and proposed Selbstopfer by the Nazis were "suicide" or "self sacrifice" missions aimed at military infrastructure, not civilian populations in general. While carpet bombing missions during WWII did focus on civilian areas, these were not the bulk of the campaigns waged during the war. Where as, in case of terrorists, the population in general is the target.

During the civil war in the United States, there was a formalized government for the confederacy, and had the confederacy won the formalized government would have assumed power.

Calvin says:

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An unwavering defender of those I see worth protecting.

"promote the general welfare, not provide the general welfare"

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.