Are Blair and Bush dictionary terrorists?

WHAT is terrorism? Plainly, Bush and Blair do not find that question problematic: they know who the terrorists are and what to do about them - eradicate them.

Are Blair and Bush dictionary terrorists?

This sanguine, knowing attitude to the question should seem peculiar in the light of official US and British definitions of terrorism which reduce without substantial loss to the following: “Terrorism is an act of violence or a threat of violence designed to attain political, religious or ideological goals.”

According to this definition, any agent who ever started a war would be guilty of terrorism, including of course the US and Britain. So what do they do about this obvious dilemma? They ignore their own definitions and proceed on the principle that whoever is against us must be a terrorist. Sweet logic.

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