December 31, 2004

Are Terrorists Revolutionaries?

There's a fascinating conversation going on over at Outside the Beltway written by Leopold Stotch. It concerns the Northwestern professor comparing Al Qaeda's fight with the U.S. Revolutionary War.

I'm not going to re-hash my views on this subject as I've already done so and explained the professor's comparison, however some interesting debate seems to be taking place. Shoot on over and take a gander.

Steven Taylor also joins into the fray of this debate with some excellent points.

Cross-posted at In the Bullpen

Posted by: Chad at 03:26 PM | Comments (3) | Add Comment
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1 I've already commented decent thoughts on this subject earlier and still say that anyone who can compare the two is certainly out of their minds. Cindy

Posted by: firstbrokenangel at December 31, 2004 05:36 PM (D39Vm)

2 And I truly believe that this professor should be fired from his job and deported back to his country of origin. We do not need people like him in this country teaching our kids of any age, this kind of debasing garbage. Get rid of him and do it fast. Cindy

Posted by: firstbrokenangel at January 01, 2005 12:05 AM (D39Vm)

3 I'm not sure if the last poster was trying to be sarcastic or ironic, but the Professor in question is (part) American Indian. His country of origin is the US before yours is (unless you are also a native american). In addition, I'd just like to point out that *all* history is relative. Whether or not the "terrorists" are equivalent with "revolutionaries" will be decided differently depending on how successful they are in enacting change. You can't just claim to have some sort of magical wisdom that you know how it will turn out. Also, kicking out a professor based on his professional opinion sounds like something a tyrant dictator would do. For instance, Saddam Hussein would do it. Hmmmm....

Posted by: Thomas at February 22, 2005 03:24 AM (741aB)

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