Hillary Clinton lying for 13 minutes straight.Terrorism is defined as: The use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, especially for political purposes. So McCord and Stieber are correct: this constitutes terrorism by American forces in Iraq. The U.S. has been supporting Al Qaeda and other terrorists in Afghanistan, Bosnia, Libya, Syria and Iran. Indeed, the American government has directly been supporting Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups for many decades … even after 9/11. See this, this, this, this and this. (The U.S. has also directly inserted itself into a sectarian war between the two main Islamic sects, backing the Sunnis and attacking the Shiites. See this, this and this. Because Saudi Arabia is the seat of the most radical sect of Islam – Wahhabism- the U.S. unquestioning support of the Saudis is indirectly supporting terrorism.) Torture – which the U.S. has liberally used during the last 10 years – has long been recognized as a form of terrorism.