In lib logic:
Terrorism is when non-UN recognised states do it
Otherwise it’s “war”.
Fuck States. Fuck Israel.
war?
A very-very one-sided war. You could even call it a genocide.
Are you anti semitic? Israel brought democracy there. Do not argue with a Jew. (Recommended)
LoOks lIKe a cEaSefIRe tO Me 🙃
“Self defense”
This is exactly what racist white people want.
"Nuke 'em from orbit" isn't an uncommon phrase.
Extermination
I'm out of the loop, what does the second image show?
I thought its a picture from Afghanistan or something, but judging the other comments, it seems to be Gaza?
For a long time the claim was that it's only terrorism when non-state actors do it. If a state does it, it's not terrorism by definition.
Then the loyal dogs in the EU declared in January that an official branch of Iran's own military is a terrorist organization, so I guess the old definition is defunct. It basically just means "outlaw" or "designated bad guy" rather than having a real definition.
As far as I can tell 'When brown people fight back' is a fairly consistent definition for terrorism as its applied by the US.
The etymology of the word starts with describing state actions. The French government invented terrorism as a policy; Indiscriminate, politically motivated violence.
The Khans don’t qualify?
America. America is a nation of terrorists who points the finger at other nations and wants to police everyone, while they continue to wreck the world.
The first is a single attack that is better defined as "blowback".
The second is what occurs by the Imperialist and Imperialist aligned powers that cause the blowback in the first place.
Bush didn't "do 9/11". Decades of American Imperialism "did" 9/11. It was the inevitable result of its crimes.
Genocide. Also ironically many countries are calling the people taking a stand against their massacre "terrorists".
Genocide
Israel pardoned self proclaimed terrorists and put them straight into their government. It's a country by terrorist, for terrorists.
I don't fucking get why no one catches the hyperbolic pun thievery of the word. Fear is like Money. It's not real. Terra is more real even if you fucking kill everything alive on the crust. They'll be brought back faster than you'll remember that you had a soul.
"🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 FREEDOM!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸"
Freedom has nothing to do with evil people that use it as a excuse to do terrible things, and neither do people that love freedom
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