He sees anti-American terrorist attacks as under the category of retaliation. In previous tapes he's used that word -- retaliation. I don't like what they do, but it's understandable intellectually.

A terrorist is someone who has a bomb, but doesn't have an air force

Terrorist attacks should be combated,

A terrorist is someone who has a bomb, but doesn't have an air force.

Freeing the World to Death: Essays on the American Empire.

I suppose I should have my say about the terrorist attacks (9/11). I don't suppose it'll be a popular point of view, but they need to be put into some sort of perspective. They were a horrible tragedy, but also what happened in New York and Washington is the same thing that England and America did to Berlin every day for three years during WW2 - and Germany did the same thing to England. But most Americans don't think about that. They think everything starts and finishes with America.