Jay,
I can probably find sources that would indicate that innocent people
were killed in many wars for independence. But that is not the point.

I think you missed my point. People like you and I absolutely recognize
the agenda of the Arab terrorists, and the Arab nations that sponsor them
(some of whom we call "allies"). But the agenda of these terrorists must
not be clear to many people because there are still people out there,
like the poster to whom I replied and at least one other in this thread,
who believe that the way to stop terrorism is to change foreign policy
and "keep our nose out of other country's business."

At the end of it all, if that were our position, the Arab nations would
very possibly accomplish their goals, or at least some of them. And it
would be documented in the Arabic History Books as the Great War of
Islamic Independence, where Arab Nations sent freedom fighting martyr
after martyr to attack the Imperialist Western Infidels in the former
nation of Bush until they surrendered and the Radical Islamic nations
ruled the world...

Of course I might be exaggerating just a bit, but I do believe that
history is slanted in favor of the author...

And I'm not quite ready to hand over the pen yet...



"Jay Honeck" wrote in
news:OZ_4c.11522$1p.210809@attbi_s54:

I bet the British at the time would have disagreed with you. I am
certain they believed the American rebels / freedom fighters were
terrorists.

Terrorists kill innocents. America's rebels fought the British for
independence -- they didn't pointlessly blow up schools in far-flung,
unrelated locales.

Basically, when history finds a band of rebels or oppressed people who
fought their way to freedom, they war is called a War of Independence.

When they were suppressed, the war is called a rebellion, an uprising,
or a failed coup-de-tat...

To even suggest that El Queda operatives are fighting a "war of
independence" is offensive. They are killing innocents around the
world, for no apparent reason, with no goal other than terror and
suffering in mind, all in the name of Allah.

If anything can truly be classified as "insane," this is it.

Perhaps the agenda of modern-day terrorists is not as clear as the
agenda of the Independence fighters who fought for independence and
control of their own countries...

Their agenda is not freedom -- it is the downfall of Western
civilization, in the name of God.