What Is A Terrorist? A: We're Making That Part Up As We Go Along

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http://winterpatriot.blogspot.com/2007/08/q-what-is-terrorist-were-making-that.html


Can't find any terrorists to fight? Can't find any way to start a war against Iran? No problem.

Just change a definition here, another one over there, and BINGO! Now you've got what you need: Iranian terrorists!

You don't believe me, do you? Feast your eyes on this:

The United States has decided to designate Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, the country's 125,000-strong elite military branch, as a "specially designated global terrorist," according to U.S. officials ...

Science fiction? Au contraire! It's the Washington Post, which also says:

The Bush administration has chosen to move against the Revolutionary Guard Corps because of what U.S. officials have described as its growing involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as its support for extremists throughout the Middle East, the sources said.

Involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan? Support for extremists?

Come on! Can't they do any better than that??

How remarkable. How utterly Orwellian. We've never had a clear definition of "terrorism" in the "post-9/11 world", but this is getting even more ridiculous than ever!

The president declares a branch of a foreign country's military to be terrorists, and to justify the declaration, he cites their alleged involvement in two countries which he himself invaded and occupied under false pretenses!!

Oh, well. He's the president, and I'm not. I guess they must be terrorists!

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But seriously, as Chris Floyd points out

http://www.chris-floyd.com/Articles/Articles/Mob_Rule%3A_Gearing_up_for_the_Tehran_Hit/

Mob Rule: Gearing up for the Tehran Hit
Written by Chris Floyd
Wednesday, 15 August 2007
(UPDATED BELOW.)

You think it's not coming, an attack on Iran? It's coming all right. From the NYT:


The Bush administration is preparing to declare that Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps is a foreign terrorist organization, senior administration officials said Tuesday. If imposed, the declaration would signal a more confrontational turn in the administration’s approach to Iran and would be the first time that the United States has added the armed forces of any sovereign government to its list of terrorist organizations.

The Revolutionary Guard is thought to be the largest branch of Iran’s military. While the United States has long labeled Iran as a state sponsor of terrorism, a decision to single out the guard would amount to an aggressive new challenge from an American administration that has recently seemed conflicted over whether to take a harder line against Tehran over its nuclear program and what American officials have called its destabilizing role in Iraq.


The nuggets of fact in the story are chilling, as it shows we are coming closer and closer to the next level of hell – but there is rich comedy to be had in its portrayal of Condi Rice as a champion of peaceful diplomacy, doggedly holding off the bloodlust of Dick Cheney:


A move toward putting the Revolutionary Guard on the foreign terrorist list would serve at least two purposes for Ms. Rice: to pacify, for a while, administration hawks who are pushing for possible military action, and to further press America’s allies to ratchet up sanctions against Iran in the Security Council

[atreides1]

1. What is a Terrorist?

Whatever Bush decides meets his criteria!

[shance]

2. Bush "terrorist" - anyone who opposes anything they say.

n/t

[htuttle]

3. And the term 'Al Queda' now means "a person killed by the US military"

[Karenina]

4. It's over a MILLION NOW!!!!

How many more to go? Ya want fries wit dat?