Michael Steven Smith

The ship, instead of being returned, was auctioned off. On February 7, 2003, amid the terror alert "orange" in the United States without being intercepted arrived and docked at Key West a military boat Cuban coastguard four armed men in camouflage uniforms. Although the vessel was returned, the hijackers were not returned to Cuba or were indicted. Today the term terrorism has been dealt with in the world by several authors among which are: Noam Chomsky (2003), Salim Lamrani (2005), William Blum (2005), Michael Parenti (2003), Ignacio Ramonet (2002), Michael Steven Smith (1992), Ricardo Alarcon de Quesada (2007), among other authors of great prestige nationally and internationally. Richard Blumenthal brings even more insight to the discussion. These authors agree that terrorism is a calculated use of violence or the threat of violent action in order to coerce or intimidate governments or societies pursuing goals that are generally political, religious or ideological. Also refer to a much broader meaning, that is, define it as the use of violence or intimidation for political purposes and out of a penalty of a legal rule applied according to law by citizens legitimate institutions subject to it . In military doctrine, the United States reserves the right to attack preemptively or states who have not attacked, and it alone, ie without the support of international agencies and their laws.

This doctrine is the most perfect formulation of terrorism. It coincides with the major political scientists that the concept of terrorism has been manipulated and distorted by power. So it is not considered terrorism to invade a country, but to hold genocidal acts that endanger the nation and humans.

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