[mynaflzak]

No, because terrorism isn't always targeted for political gain. There's no one single definition of "terrorism" that's agreed on, though...



My last several years in the Navy was spent working in the field...



Not my job...



Well, thank you for confirming that which I've always suspected you lack...



You don't think that selling them weapons is wrong?



Your insight is fucking astounding...



Not true, and that statement shows your lack of understanding of how terrorist cells operate, and how they're organized...



The skills? Yeah, he did. He wouldn't have been able to do it, however, because of his notoriety. He was a wanted man before 9/11. He didn't do it because he's at the top of the Al Qaeda food chain...



People often doubt things they have no knowledge of...



Hardly. There's a never-ending line of people waiting to serve Allah...



They pick those who ideologically opposed to the United States and what it stands for. Some may be retards. Some have been college graduates.

People who engage in terrorism against random civilians, either directly/indirectly as part of an armed force (US forces) or as a guerilla combatant, are typically dumb, because in general, violence against random civilians, including "collateral damage", does nothing more than provoke retaliation--

and only a idiot would fail to see that. And the US has done more than its share of "collateral damage."