Refresher Course on Terrorism

On "Face the Nation" this Sunday, John Kerry discussed how American soldiers were terrorizing women and children (see p. 3-4 of the transcript):

And there is no reason, Bob, that young American soldiers need to be going into the homes of Iraqis in the dead of night, terrorizing kids and children, you know, women, breaking sort of the customs of the--of--the historical customs, religious customs.

"Terrorizing" is a great Kerry word--it obviously shares the same root as "terrorism," which achieves the emotional reaction he desired, but is vague enough in meaning that he can explain himself out of any criticism over the comments.

But it seems Senator Kerry was not paying attention to the tragic news of the previous week and confused just who was terrorizing children:

A suicide attacker steered a car packed with explosives toward U.S. soldiers giving away toys to children outside a hospital in central Iraq on Thursday, killing at least 31 people. Almost all of the victims were women and children, police said.

I wonder if Kerry is reading the papers today as, unfortunately, the real terror continues.