""No, they are not, not in any MEANINGFUL sense of the term.""

Clandestine, as well as open, attempts to force regime change in sovereign states. Menacing a large portion of the globe with their military might, and lying to their own people to justify it.

In the case of Bush and Cheney, undermining the very foundation upon which their nation was built, the Constitution.

Cynical re-defining of words, in direct contradiction if international law, in order to justify the use of torture.

What precisely, in your estimation makes them better than those they are fighting?

And, since half the world is terrified of them as a result of their actions, why pray is terrorist too strong a description, for your liking?

Don T.