I new if I waited long enough....

that Mr. Obama would do something that I could agree with. Two weeks ago Mr. Obama ordered the end of using the phrase "Global War on Terror" and is instead going with the more palatable "Overseas Contingency Operation". After all....what is terror? Most of us westerners would associate terror with some act of violence or bloodshed....say for example....let's see....oh, I don't know....maybe a person that straps explosives to their body and goes into some crowded marketplace filled with innocent men, women, and children only to detonate his explosives, killing as many of said innocent people as possible. Let's see if I can come up with another example....uhm....huh....let's see....oh, wait a minute....I think I got it....let's say this same person, instead of doing the whole blow himself up in a crowded marketplace thing, gets some buddies and highjacks some passenger airliners and has them flown to a large U.S. city....let's say....New York....and crashes them into a couple of skyskrapers....oh....let's say The World Trade Towers....killing thousands, and another into some government building....let's say....oh, I don't know....how about the Pentagon. To most of us "westerers" this might be considered "terror", however, to another this may be considered "a vigorous emotional crusade for an idea or principle" (definition I found for Jihad).

After all, haven't we become a more "tolerant" nation? Whether it be race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, or handicap status. We have learned to accept, or at least tolerate, those with differences. We may use words like violence, attack, horror, bloodshed, or a host of other adjectives to define terror, however, if this "act of terror" is just the Jihad of another....who are we to judge? Let's not forget the definition for Jihad is "a vigorous emotional crusade for an idea or principle". That doesn't sound so bad now does it? We are really just debating different view points....right? That must have been how Mr. Obama reasoned it all out when he changed "Global War on Terror" to "Overseas Contingency Operation". After all who are we to "war" againt "a vigorous emotional crusade for an idea or principle"? And this term terrorist....how offensive is that! Why don't we call them Crusaders? A definition I found for crusader is "a vigorous concerted movement for a cause or against an abuse". Yeah, that sounds much better! We wouldn't want to hurt any feelings with that nasty word terrorist! Thank you Mr. Obama for opening our eyes to our narrow way of thinking. So next time you're watching the news and see the picture of a terrorist....woops....I meant "crusader" flash across the screen, don't think of them as an extremist who thinks the U.S.A. is Satan and hates America and all that it stands for....and would like to see it wiped from the face of the earth and as many Americans as possible die in the process....no....think of this person as simply someone on a vigorous emotional crusade for an idea or principle.... then....get you a nice cup of herbal tea, light some aroma therapy candles and listen to John Lennons' Imagine and bask in a host of other delusions!