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> Afaik the U.S. no longer sponsors terrorists. I find that very hard to believe, considering the activities of the CIA -- just the ones we know about -- over

> Afaik the U.S. no longer sponsors terrorists. I find that very hard to believe, considering the activities of the CIA -- just the ones we know about -- over the last several decades (or, really, since its beginning). -- Side note: Does selling billions of dollars worth of arms to Saudi Arabia count as sponsoring terrorists? cf. Jamal Khashoggi, et al.

colinmhayes 6y ago
A state killing a political opponent, however unacceptable, isn't terrorism. The point of terrorism is that it effects unsuspecting bystanders. I already said I think we should sanction the saudis though, because they actually are sponsoring terrorism. See the Yemen war and their funding of al queda as well as their infiltration of twitter.
- gdy 6y ago
  "unsuspecting bystanders" What about civilians killed by Saudi Arabia with American-made cluster bombs?[0] Do they count? [0] https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/05/06/yemen-saudis-using-us-cluster-munitions https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/05/06/yemen-saudis-using-us-cl...
  - colinmhayes 6y ago
    I literally said that the Saudi's actions in Yemen were terrorism in the comment you're replying to?
    - gdy 6y ago
      Oh, right, haven't read that far :) Sorry)