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Imagine a group sent a suicide bomber knowingly into a group of innocent farmers and he killed 30 of them, and wounded 40 more. What more would you need to say that is a terrorist group? Nothing?
OK, then. So if I showed the group also did good thing, also fought other terrorists, that wouldn't change your position that it's a terrorist group despite that?
Then I give you the United States, a terrorist group, who used a drone to do just that: knowingly kill 30 innocent farmers and wound 40 more, in one small sample of far more actions.
The people are terrorized. The US has selfish reasons for taking these actions that kill innocents.
The American people are largely conditioned to refuse to think of the US this way. We're always 'the good guys'. Labels for bad guys like 'terrorist' are only for groups other than the US and its allies. It's like rose colored glasses that make our actions invisible.
If your reaction to this is denial, and 'stop attacking the US', what would it take for you to say the US is a terrorist nation?
What if we had our military down a civilian airliner despite all the electronic security in target identification - with no punishment for the officers who ordered it? Oh wait, that already happened.
What if it were uncovered today, that since trump took office, there has been a set of secret death camps where 6 million Muslims have been killed (mirroring the holocaust) - with clear proof it's happened? Would you then say it? Or would you rationalize it? Would you at most say maybe the leaders who did it were wrong, but not the US - do you make that distinction for Nazi Germany?
'How Could They Do This to Us?' Ask Afghan Farmers After Reporting Reveals Officials Knew Civilians Were in Area of Lethal US Drone Strike | Common Dreams News
OK, then. So if I showed the group also did good thing, also fought other terrorists, that wouldn't change your position that it's a terrorist group despite that?
Then I give you the United States, a terrorist group, who used a drone to do just that: knowingly kill 30 innocent farmers and wound 40 more, in one small sample of far more actions.
The people are terrorized. The US has selfish reasons for taking these actions that kill innocents.
The American people are largely conditioned to refuse to think of the US this way. We're always 'the good guys'. Labels for bad guys like 'terrorist' are only for groups other than the US and its allies. It's like rose colored glasses that make our actions invisible.
If your reaction to this is denial, and 'stop attacking the US', what would it take for you to say the US is a terrorist nation?
What if we had our military down a civilian airliner despite all the electronic security in target identification - with no punishment for the officers who ordered it? Oh wait, that already happened.
What if it were uncovered today, that since trump took office, there has been a set of secret death camps where 6 million Muslims have been killed (mirroring the holocaust) - with clear proof it's happened? Would you then say it? Or would you rationalize it? Would you at most say maybe the leaders who did it were wrong, but not the US - do you make that distinction for Nazi Germany?
'How Could They Do This to Us?' Ask Afghan Farmers After Reporting Reveals Officials Knew Civilians Were in Area of Lethal US Drone Strike | Common Dreams News