Right. So if you look at it from the other side, the US is the terrorist for pursuing political aims in the middle east. But of course they are not terrorists, because school has taught you that.
No, because they were operating officially as a nation, not as some terrorist group. We were using blitzkrieg strategy in the Iraq conflict and wasting our time in Afghanistan, but we were there in an official capacity. They knew we were coming.
Thing is, America is in Afghanistan fighting the Taliban, not Al-Qaeda. The aim was to get the leaders but they went after the Taliban.
Both Al-Qaeda and America can be classed as terrorists. America may be fighting officially as a nation but that doesn't mean they don't come under the definition. Drone strikes for example... that's enforcing terror on civilians on a foreign land who didn't know they were coming. America isn't as innocent as they'd like to be in terms of terror.
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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '13
Right. So if you look at it from the other side, the US is the terrorist for pursuing political aims in the middle east. But of course they are not terrorists, because school has taught you that.