Did Voice of America Go Soft on Hamass? – Twitchy

The short answer is: It sure looks like it.

Let’s start with the basics. First, Hamass is a terrorist organization. It has been designated as one by our government since 1997. That means that through five presidents, two republicans and three democrats, every single administration agreed that they were terrorists.

And it fits the definition in American law. Specifically, 18 U.S.C. § 2331 states that international terrorism include activities that:

(A) involve violent acts or acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State, or that would be a criminal violation if committed within the jurisdiction of the United States or of any State;

(B) appear to be intended—

(i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population;

(ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or

(iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping; and

(C) occur primarily outside the territorial jurisdiction of the United States, or transcend national boundaries in terms of the means by which they are accomplished, the persons they appear intended to intimidate or coerce, or the locale in…