[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Spartan1995324 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] RKOSNAKE The Massacre at Eridanus Secundus...You mean that one instance were the Insurgents openly threatened to board the Gettysburg/Ascendant Justice straight away and had Cortana not fired the plasma turret at a nearby asteroid to scare them away, they would have done so? I just love how you people endorse the idea that Anarchy is alright in the Halo Universe or the real life at that, people fighting for their freedom by killing innocent people a la Al Qaeda? That's so noble! I mean, it's not like everybody hated Al Qaeda when they pulled the 9/11 incident, I mean, the document "Al-qaeda's strategy to the year 2020" sums up the insurrection: [quote]Provoke the United States and the West into invading a Muslim country by staging a massive attack or string of attacks on U.S. soil that results in massive civilian casualties.[/quote] All the bombings and terrorist attacks, most notably the ones at Haven Arcology and Reach. [quote]Incite local resistance to occupying forces.[/quote] Their modus operandi at outer colonies "The UNSC wants to repress us, we all need to rise up and become our own leaders!" [quote]Expand the conflict to neighboring countries, and engage the U.S. and its allies in a long war of attrition.[/quote] The insurrection moving to other colonies and continuing their efforts to grow. [quote]Convert al-Qaeda into an ideology and set of operating principles that can be loosely franchised in other countries without requiring direct command and control, and via these franchises incite attacks against the U.S. and countries allied with the U.S. until they withdraw from the conflict, as happened with the 2004 Madrid train bombings, but which did not have the same effect with the July 7, 2005 London bombings.[/quote] Converting whoever they can to their cause, like they did to Soren-066, manipulating him with the idea that the UNSC was bad, mainly because he wasn't being used, sweet talk, that is. [quote]The U.S. economy will finally collapse by the year 2020 under the strain of multiple engagements in numerous places, making the worldwide economic system which is dependent on the U.S. also collapse leading to global political instability, which in turn leads to a global jihad led by al-Qaeda and a Wahhabi Caliphate will then be installed across the world following the collapse of the U.S. and the rest of the Western world countries.[/quote] What they wanted the war to turn into eventually, having the UNSC collapse due to the lack of resources from the outer colonies. So, congratulations, you are supporting a terrorist ideology![/quote]Al-Qaeda means to start a war with the USA over religous reasons or simply because they hate the USA. The Insurrectionists are fighting to become an independant "nation", or planet in this case. Look at the FLQ in Quebec. While tiny, they are considered terrorists. Had they won, and Quebec been it's own country, they would have been seen as patriots. The majority of nations won their independance through violence. Nothing too different here. Most were seen as terrorists by the empire that ruled there.[/quote] So, if I want my estate to become independent of my country does that mean it is perfectly fine to do terrorist attacks like bombing highly-populated centers or using WMD's to force the government of my country to grant me and the rest of the state a country status on its own? That seems nice, I guess I will begin to stockpile my nukes on my backyard... If they wanted to become independent they should have done so with peaceful terms. There's a difference between fighting for your freedom and being a terrorist, unless you count the instance when an insurgent activated a bomb inside a diner full of innocents, and even then she used a little kid as a meat shield. Also, the Jackals at the Rubble were giving modified Covenant weapons to the insurgents...wonder why. [Edited on 10.10.2012 5:37 PM PDT]