Urbanguerrilla
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"The explicit definitions we find in the US Code, international conventions, official or quasi-official US documents, and other such sources.
"These agree that terrorism is 'the calculated use of violence or threat of violence to attain goals that are political, religious, or ideological in nature. This is done through intimidation, coercion, or instilling fear' (US Army Operational Concept for Terrorism Counteraction).
"Still simpler is the characterization in a Pentagon-commissioned study by noted terrorologist Robert Kupperman, which speaks of the threat or use of force 'to achieve political objectives without the full-scale commitment of resources,' that is, short of outright war.8
"We might counterpose to these an Orwellian definition, too cynical to take seriously: 'terrorism" is terrorism that is perpetrated by official enemies; terrorism that we or our clients conduct does not fall under the concept.'"
No Longer Safe
Where does defending your country fit into this terrorist thing?
If you are defending your country and your enemy is a lot more powerful, you are a terrorist...too bad!