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My Interview with the League of Ordinary Gentlemen

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iceweasel11/11/2009 11:35:47 am PST

re: #164 RogueOne

FTA:
Glenn Greenwald: Can attacks on a military base constitute terrorism? If attacks on soldiers now qualify, how is it possible to exclude many American actions?

[Link: www.salon.com…]

Wow, that was interesting. He has a point, and moreover, it’s damn strange to see these particular folks arguing along similar lines:

I don’t quite know how to explain this, but National Review’s Jonah Goldberg actually constructed a cogent argument today, arguing that Hasan’s attack cannot be classified as “terrorism” because terrorism is “an attack on civilians intended to strike fear in the non-military population” and “Hasan didn’t attack civilians, he attacked uniformed members of the U.S. Army in advance of their deployment to the frontlines.” In a subsequent post, responding to angry reader emails, he even explained that it’s difficult to classify Hasan’s attack as “terrorism” without doing the same with regard to our drone attacks in Pakistan. More bizarrely still, National Review’s Cliff May then chimed in to agree that “a terrorist is someone who intentionally targets non-combatants with violence for political purposes. The shooter at Fort Hood, by contrast, was targeting uniformed combatants. In that sense, he was not a terrorist.”

That even the fanatical play-acting-tough-guy-warriors at National Review are more restrained and thoughtful on this topic than Joe Lieberman reflects just how radical and unhinged the Connecticut Senator is when it comes to anything Muslim.