Self Preservation: A Legitimate Edict?

while bearing weapons
and parading in the street
democracy lives

What makes a group a terrorist group?

What makes terrorists terrorists?

Two very important questions to keep in mind when we look at the Hamas victory in Palestine. While asked rhetorically, I'ma venture a guess while applying those questions to Hamas.

What makes Hamas a terrorist group? Obviously that's an easy question. They sure as hell don't hide their desire to crush the state of Israel. They're armed with more guns than a Russian arms depot. But wait, they're fighting because Israel has invaded their land. So are they really a terrorist group or are they fighting for a legitimate reason? Let's look at a parallel situation.

What makes the United States a beacon of Democracy? That's an easy question. They run around the world using military force to remove their ideological opponents while taking their land and resources and killing their civilians. They've got more guns than Hamas. But wait, it's all in the name of producing "legitimate governments" and spreading democracy while eliminating terrorist world wide.

That's quite a mission -- the world wide elimination of terrorists. Why aren't we focusing on eliminating hunger on a national scale before we try to tackle the world's problem of terrorism? I'm sorry, that question is for another blog.

As I'm already bordering on treason, why not ask the question for shits and giggles. Could we be the biggest terrorists out there? (That one will remain rhetorical... )

Second question: What makes Hamas members terrorists? Really that's a silly question isn't it. If your land was invaded and taken from you, you were forced to live in slums in the desert while your oppressor is living a good life while they build a concrete fence around to keep you out (of land that was originally yours), I think you might be a little pissed off too.

You see, the problem here is Israel is sucking from the United States' titty. If we weren't sleeping together I'm sure we wouldn't really give a fuck about Hamas as a terrorist group. Hamas's battle with Israel is exactly that -- their battle. But as we're policing the world for global terror while instituting imperialistic tendencies that's a problem for us.

Did I mention that war was one of the biggest economy growers of all time?