[From article]
In both instances, a lone-wolf terrorist, motivated by his rabid Islamist ideology, committed an act of wanton and indiscriminate murder of an innocent person and then was killed by authorities. In the Canadian account, the perpetrator is identified as a gunman, as might be an armed intruder in a bank robbery. In the Israeli account the perpetrator is clearly identified as a terrorist. In the Canadian report, the murderer's Islamist background is handled gently and nonjudgmentally. In the Israel report it is made clear that the murderer's background included previous violent attempts. In the former, it is never stated explicitly that the gunman killed the victim; only that "two people are dead." Whereas in the Israeli report, it is abundantly clear who killed whom.
The behavior of Muslim terrorists in the United States is treated even more gingerly by the American media than by the Canadian press. And in fact, the Israeli report is, if anything on the more circumspect side than is usually seen in the Israeli press.[. . .]
Terror is the main weapon they deploy. If we cannot recognize that – as the Israelis do - then we are going to have a very difficult time galvanizing ourselves to fight and obliterate the Islamist menace that threatens our countries and our lives.
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They have declared war on the US, on Canada, on Israel and on the entire West. The longer we try to pretend that this is not so, the longer and more costly will be our ultimate battle to defeat them.
http://americanthinker.com/blog/2014/10/whats_the_difference_between_a_gunman_and_a_terrorist.html
October 26, 2014
What's the Difference Between a Gunman and a Terrorist?
By Ron Lipsman
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