Nice smiley.
And again, typical. It's easy to make any argument seem insignificant (because, really, everything that goes on in this forum has no impact on anyone's life). But if you really didn't care, you wouldn't have even responded to me.

Edit: First and last time? It must be nice to always be right except for one time...

 

haha, well, you might want to look up when Pinochet actually became the President then. Hint: before 1975.

Also, go ahead then and name the terrorist acts Pinochet was responsible for. Again, being a military leader who commits crimes does NOT make you a terrorist. It's almost silly on face to claim this about Pinochet, as he had no need for terrorism. He was quite capable of telling whomever in Chile that he wanted what to do, and he obviously had enough control of the country to make whoever he wanted disappear.

Not seeing the terrorism yet. Documents forthcoming from your site.

Edited to add: http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB...B8/ch21-01.htm

And I almost missed the last part. No, we did not. The CIA tried to depose Allende before Pinochet's coup, but it failed and only made Allende look better in doing so. Pinochet, a military leader who hated socialists and political squabbling, took over the country with the help of Chile's military (which he was in charge of at the time.)

 

Terrorism: The absolute methodical destruction of innocent human life for the sole purpose of delivering a message to a select target audience (the world).

Sure America has supported guerilla operations around the world in the name of winning the cold war. We do it better than anyone. That’s why we won the cold war. Don’t think for an instant that there is a major superpower that doesn’t. If America was the equivalent to modern day terrorists (and that’s what I’m assuming this thread is all about, trying to show similarities) we would be using our nukes to take out entire civilian populations. Not military but specifically civilian masses. For the sole purpose of instilling fear and showing our hate. We used nukes once against Japan (as if I have to tell you, but I knew exactly what your response would have been if I didn’t add this). A nation with, at the time, the mightiest navy. It crippled our own fleet and with the help of it’s allies would have rolled right up to the mainland. We had to stop them.

Ok, now for a little off topic rambling:

Thankfully we're doing everything we can to keep nukes and other WMD's out of the hands of terrorists. Can you imagine waking up every day wondering if the building you work in, or the bus you ride, or the movie theater you go to on a crowded friday night is going to blow up killing everyone inside? What about your kids going to school? It would be horrible to think that at anytime a terrorist could walk into your little girls classroom, wait for the media to arrive and then blow him/herslef up. That's not the way I want to live.

I remember back in 91 when I was still in the military. We recieved a class on terrorism. The last thing they told us was that it's not a matter of if, it was a matter of when. I knew it was just a matter of time (9/11). Hopefully our government keeps it's stance against terrorism and does everything in it's power to prevent further attacks.

 

Agreed completely. Great post.

 

school of the americas anyone?

and in this day and age your best bet would be to first define terrorism as it currently shifts with the wind...

here is a test watch the news and tell me the difference between an insurgent and an terrorist

 

Care to tell me about the SOA, Dre?

 

I can tell you that they have sh1tty warranty coverage... oh you're talking about the school of americas still.

-Chris

 

The SOA has produced it's fair share of crooked SOB's but it's not entirely the SOA's fault. I don't see people protesting outside of American colleges for the education of those that've been involved with terrorism. It's the Chain of Command of those people that send them to the SOA... afterall, you're held accountable for your actions when the day’s done, right? If I went around sniping people for fun I don't think the victims families would be marching to the SOI on the same post as the SOA.