[rumblefish71]

So who are the freedom fighters? Certainly not the US who bombs civilians on a regular basis. Certainly not the culprits behind the WTC/Pentagon bombing.

[VRWCmember]

So who are the freedom fighters?

The term "freedom fighter" has traditionally been used to refer to those who engage in guerilla warfare against military/government targets in attempts to overthrow totalitarian governments. The term is legitimate whether the revolutionaries are fighting against a left-wing or right-wing regime as long as the targets of the attacks are government/military and not civilian.

Military or paramilitary operations AIMED at civilians should be labeled as terrorism. (Which would mean that Janet Reno qualifies as a terrorist.)

[VRWCmember]

Welcome to FR. By the way, the US does not bomb civilians on a regular basis (even if bill clinton's Wag-the-dog foreign policy included the occasional indiscriminant bombing of third-world locales which resulted in civilian casualties).

I think if you read my post again you should see that I would never suggest that the scum who planned and executed these attacks were anything but terrorists.