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Originally Posted by HOZ
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The Vikings conquered as well as raided and pillaged. (Many Kings and lords of Europe can trace their lineage back to the Vikings.) Terrorists don't do these things. They are not out for financial gain.
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What does financial gain have to do with anything? If some organization flew planes into buildings for financial gain, then you wouldn't consider that a terrorist act? I certainly would. Some Palestinian suicide bombers are known to do it for money for their families. Do you not consider them terrorists?
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Settlers were looking for land to "SETTLE". Terrorists could care little for land or settling.
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Terrorists do not care about settling land? Where did you get that idea? The IRA, the former ETA, and Tamil Tigers all care about settling land - I guarentee you that. As well, one of Al Qaeda's prime goals is to disperse western influence from the Middle East, and declare a pan-Islamic state from Afghanistan to Israel. How is that different from colonialists dispersing native civilians by the use of violence in order to create a country from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The are both forms of Manifest Destiny.
I hope you don't get everything from Wikipedia. It's a good general source, but what they say is not always accurate.