#iww #WIUnion #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #teaparty #union Syria: the Misnomer of 'Combating Terrorism' http://www.worldpress.org/Mideast/3996.cfm "Syria presents a number of challenges to U.S. national security interests in terms of the potential spillover of the fighting inside of Syria to neighboring countries, but also, and increasingly so, concerns on the terrorism front," CIA Director John Brennan told lawmakers recently before the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee. How often has "terrorism"—possibly the most politically and emotionally charged term in human language today—been applied to justify warfare in the Middle East? From Israel to Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, the Palestinian Territories or Lebanon, one man's freedom fighter is another man's terrorist. One man's leader fighting for "security" is another's dictator or oppressor. The murky world of terrorism and how we have addressed it over the decades has rendered entire populations terrorized in the Middle East...