well I've noticed a distinct change in BBC world since the fighting has started - it is a Brit corporation and there are brit soldiers being killed so I would expect the BBC to start going easy on the "coalition".
Having said that the BBC has always been much more balanced and objective than any other news source I know.
Al-jazeera might get there sometime, but then they have been trained by the BBC.
Terrorism is not produced by religion. Terrorism is a political phenomonon.
Why is bin Laden attacking the US when he was happy to work with them for a decade? Its not because he hates freedom / prosperity/ applepies (that would probably make him non-human). It is because he wants the US military out of his country.
Yes you can use religion to promote your cause and recruit people, but the basic cause is political.
So when Hekmetyar was attacking the Russian Military he was a freedom fighter. Now that he attacks the US military he is a terrorist? It is the same sort of action for the same reasons, so whay the change in nomenclature?
Lets just stop using the word terrorist please - it is now meaningless...
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well I've noticed a distinct change in BBC world since the fighting has started - it is a Brit corporation and there are brit soldiers being killed so I would expect the BBC to start going easy on the "coalition". Having said that the BBC has always been much more balanced and objective than any other news source I know. Al-jazeera might get there sometime, but then they have been trained by the BBC.
Actually it increases wages. Well, maybe it reduces your wages but mostly it makes people better off.
apparently one of the leaders (named Ata ?) of the Sept 11 guys did eat pork, and did drink alcohol
Terrorism is not produced by religion. Terrorism is a political phenomonon.
Why is bin Laden attacking the US when he was happy to work with them for a decade? Its not because he hates freedom / prosperity/ applepies (that would probably make him non-human). It is because he wants the US military out of his country.
Yes you can use religion to promote your cause and recruit people, but the basic cause is political.
So when Hekmetyar was attacking the Russian Military he was a freedom fighter. Now that he attacks the US military he is a terrorist? It is the same sort of action for the same reasons, so whay the change in nomenclature?
Lets just stop using the word terrorist please - it is now meaningless...