but using 'counterterrorism' w/o terrorism is as illogical as US gov't linguistic contortions; also:

Submitted by Mark (United States), Jun 2, 2015 at 19:56

If the marine barracks bombing was not terrorism because it was a military installation, what abt the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon? Also not terrorism?

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