Terrorism Shouldn’t be Confused with Insurgency
12.23.2008 at 01:25pm
Defining Terrorism It Shouldn’t be Confused with Insurgency
By Haviland Smith at American Diplomacy
During the presidency of George W. Bush, everything possible has been done to obfuscate and conflate the true meanings of the terms terrorism and insurgency. Preferring the former, largely because of its emotional post-9/11 impact on the American psyche, Bush spokespeople and the president himself consistently have used the terms insurrection and terrorism interchangeably, indiscriminately, and inaccurately…
Much more at American Diplomacy.
