Original sentence: Academics: Noam Chomsky Cornel West.American terrorism is a controversial political neologism.Critics of the the War on Terror: Howard Zinn,Gore Vidal.Heads of State: Hugo Chavez Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.It is meant to negatively characterize a variety of crimes allegedly perpetrated by the government of the USA, by its citizens, or proxy agents.Some of the controversy associated with the term has to do with disputes over the actual definition of terrorism, and some with the substance of the allegations
Edited sentence: American terrorism is a term used by critics of US foreign policy and different opponents of the United States to negatively characterize the conduct of various officials of influence in specific administrations of the United States government or their proxy agents during specific military, foreign campaigns.Anti-American Heads of State : Hugo Chavez Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.Anti-American critics of the the War on Terror: Howard Zinn,Gore Vidal.Leftist Ideologues: Noam Chomsky Cornel West.The term has also been used as an hyperbolic phrase by some social critics (West).The term is objectionable to many Americans and citizens of other related nations and disputed on a number of grounds, some of which involve disputes over the actual definition of terrorism and some to the substance of the allegations