As a matter of fact, calling the people you are trying to conquer terrorists is fairly standard practise. I remember, back in the day of the British empire (yes I am that old) when Kenya was a British colony and a group of indigenous Kenyans calling themselves the Mau Mau were murdering British settlers, the settlers called the indigenous people terrorists. It is no great surprise, therefore, to learn that settlers in Britain and the Irish Republic speak of the indigenous opponments of mass immigration to the British Isles as terrorists.
In Kenya, despite a brutal campaign by British authorities to put down the "terrorists," the "terrorists" won and the British settlers moved out. Whether the authorities are better able to suppress the anger of the "terrorists", i.e., the native population, than was the case in Kenya back in the 50's remains to be seen.
As a matter of fact, calling the people you are trying to conquer terrorists is fairly standard practise. I remember, back in the day of the British empire (yes I am that old) when Kenya was a British colony and a group of indigenous Kenyans calling themselves the Mau Mau were murdering British settlers, the settlers called the indigenous people terrorists. It is no great surprise, therefore, to learn that settlers in Britain and the Irish Republic speak of the indigenous opponments of mass immigration to the British Isles as terrorists.
ReplyDeleteIn Kenya, despite a brutal campaign by British authorities to put down the "terrorists," the "terrorists" won and the British settlers moved out. Whether the authorities are better able to suppress the anger of the "terrorists", i.e., the native population, than was the case in Kenya back in the 50's remains to be seen.