[P-Marlowe]

If you are dropping bombs on people and you don’t want to call what you are doing “War”, then the only other descriptive noun you can use is “Terrorism”.

[entropy12]

That is so true!

[Pontiac]

If you are dropping bombs on people and you don’t want to call what you are doing “War”, then the only other descriptive noun you can use is “Terrorism”.

Actually there is a good point to be made there.

Terrorism is more correctly a Guerrilla War tactic. And as a tactic terrorism as a rule does not occupy territory.

From this point we can say that what ISIS is doing in Syria and Iraq is not strictly speaking terrorism because they are taking and holding territory.

But what Obama is doing could be considered terrorism because his bombing is taking place without any military or territorial objective and without any declaration of war.

[plain talk]

interesting perspective. I would love for the press to float that idea to the WH and see how they respond.

[shove_it]

“If you are dropping bombs on people and you don’t want to call what you are doing “War”, then the only other descriptive noun you can use is “Terrorism”.

But, But, But ... pResident 0bama is a Nobel Peace Prize winner. You make him sound like a Palestinian.