by Dhruva

Created on: August 08, 2009

You may have heard the utterly obtuse slogan- "One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter."
This is so dumb it's breathtaking.

A true freedom fighter seeks to MINIMIZE civilian casualties. A terrorist seeks to MAXIMIZE civilian casualties.
That is how you tell the difference between them, anytime, anywhere.

However, you also may have heard a statement that is even dumber than the above which is- "All war is terrorism." If that were true, then there would be no such thing as Self Defense. Both freedom fighters and terrorists use bombs and guns. With the exception of who they are targeting, their methods and tactics are the same. What is different about them is their INTENT. Intent defines a freedom fighter and defines a terrorist.

Some far left nut job might say Hamas is fighting to free the Palestinians and get their land back. Forget about land rights for a moment. Lets say Hamas succeeds. They would then establish their form of Sharia law. Would the Palestinians have civil rights? Would they have free elections? Would they have freedom of speech? Would they have freedom of assembly? Hell no. Forget about European Jews. What about the millions of Middle Eastern Jews that have roots in that land thousands of years before Islam existed? Would they be free? Definitely not, because Hamas members are not freedom fighters. They are not interested in freedom.

Now, our hypothetical far left nut might say its okay that the Palestinians are not free because that's their culture, their religion, that's how they like it, and who are we to judge them (this is the point where I have to refrain from strangling the nut job). The nut job is implying that it is the population's choice to be under the heel of the latest strongmen that rule that area, because they are of the same religion and culture. Moreover, the fact that this has been going on for so long somehow makes it right or even a sacred way of existence that westerners would be criminal to interfere with it.

Former Palestinian terrorist Wallid Shoebat (who is now pro-Israel) said it best-
"Can I go to Ramallah, stand on a street corner, and have a pamphlet saying suicide bombing is wrong? I will be executed within seconds."
The only reason the Palestinians are not free is because of their terrorist leaders.
The only reason there are Israeli checkpoints and walls is because of violent Arabs.
There are many Palestinian Arabs that are citizens of Israel with representation in the Parliament that live far better in

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