Khandro - // andy-hughes; American soldiers are not terrorists, a terrorist is "A person who uses unlawful violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims." they are there at the behest of the legal government of Afghanistan to help put down illegal Muslim insurgents wanting to take over the country and turn it into an Islamic caliphate. //
You miss my point - possibly deliberately.
Do you really think scared Afghan civilians debate the finer points of technical definitions when foreigners roll armoured vehicles into their villages?
The definition of a terrorist depends who and where you are - for instance, I would suggest that if I was wounded, and being shot in the head by a British soldier, I would not wonder too much about the semantics regarding the technical term for what he is, and what he is doing in my country.
So yes, on a level of pedantry, your point is valid, but I think the concept of terror is pretty much universal, and the lofty ideals of soldiers' masters may be lost on the people being terrified by them.