Why are SOME terrorist organizations not treated as terrorist organizatons?

inquiring minds want to know...

glenn...

[T]hose who are politically and financially well-connected are free to commit even the most egregious crimes; for that reason, the very idea of prosecuting [Rudy] Giuliani, [Ed] Rendell, [Tom] Ridge, [Fran] Townsend, [Howard] Dean and friends for their paid labor on behalf of a Terrorist group [Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK)] is unthinkable, a suggestion not fit for decent company, even though powerless Muslims have been viciously prosecuted for far less egregious connections to such groups. But this incident also underscores the specific point that the term Terrorism is so completely meaningless, manipulated and mischievous: it’s just a cynical term designed to delegitimize violence and even political acts undertaken by America’s enemies while shielding from criticism the actual Terrorism undertaken by itself and its allies. The spectacle whereby a designated Terrorist group can pay top American politicians to advocate for them even as they engage in violent Terrorist acts, all while being trained, funded and aided by America’s top client state, should forever end the controversy over that glaringly obvious proposition.

but, glenn, terrorism is whatever we say it is and, besides, it's NEVER terrorism when WE do it...

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"Dodd is saying the things that need to be said..."

wmtriallawyer writing at daily kos...

Dodd is saying the things that need to be said and doing the things that need to be done at the time those things are most needed to be said and done. And if that can help push the party -- and the nation -- where it needs to be, so be it. Dean did it in '04...Dodd can do it in '08.

And if enough of us agree to check him out beyond just one issue, who knows what might happen?

damn, i sure hope he sticks to his guns... there's nobody else out there right now coming even close, god only knows...

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