That was an act of war as we were still in a state of declared war. Besides. I am convinced many many more millions of Japanese would have died if he had actually invaded them like we originally planned to.. Can you imagine the stark difference? In the end, i am ok with it as it ultimately saved lives. The millions of lives that would have been lost by direct invasion. It would have been the end of the Japanese as a people..
Don't they want you to keep more of your money?
You're right, but this specific kind of criticism also warrants equally delusional behavior from the listener. "This is why I voted for Trump" kind of stuff. Or, "If liberals keep xxx-ing, then we'll overreact by doing y."
That would fall under aiding and abetting terrorists I imagine
Because not all violence is terrorism. I said that political violence is terrorism and then specified that generally people mean political violence by non-state actors.
That is a very broad definition of terrorism. Using that even a Halloween prank would be considered terrorism.
Maybe in a semantic way, sure; but they aren't behaving in the sort of meaningful way that I, and I think most people, consider terrorists to behave. I'm not concerned about ISIS because they deliver obnoxious rhetoric on daytime TV news talk shows, for instance, so I don't think it's worth much to sling the word around just because a case can be made that it technically fits.
I don't think that's a very helpful definition, its too broad and encompasses people who aren't necessarily engaging or aiding and abetting violence.
Intimidation, as in the threat of violence, can be considered terrorism but I don't consider selling fear terrorism.
I think that includes car bombs, and the willingness to threaten and perform violence to coerce others into surrendering to an ideology is significantly different to me than what some members of the GOP engage in, however otherwise distasteful.
