01-30-2006, 01:01 AM
Occhidiangela,Jan 29 2006, 12:20 PM Wrote:Nope, since Bush is the leader of a recognized national government and Osama is an extranational actor, not the leader of a nation state. Your old "legitimacy" line bites you on the nose. The ruels were and are made for nation states. Fair or otherwise, that is the state of "the rules" are at present.
Cheers.
Have a Guinness, that was an unexpected opportunity. :)
Occhi
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Yes, in *my* opinion, Bush, for all that he is an criminal, incompetent buffoon, is not a terrorist.
However, there are lots of people who say he is a terrorist. That is not an uncommon opinion, albeit one flawed in the ways you have outlined.
He is considered a terrorist by many, and he does not consider himself a terrorist. That is exactly the situation Bin Laden is in, is it not?
-Jester