Quote:So you believe that terrorism can be justified, depending on the circumstances?
Terrorism is never a moral act,but like war itself, it can ALWAYS be justified by the perpetrators.It's the victims who get upset.
IF you accept as war as moral or even justified on pragmatic grounds alone,ultimately terrorism will always be used by one's own side at some stage. It is rarely if ever called terrorism by one's own side.
Terrorism ALWAYS works,it's a matter of degree. 9/11 was arguably the most influentual act of terrorism in recorded history.The effectiveness of terror as a weapon was recognised and taught by Sun Tzu,in "The Art Of War" written between 476-221BCE and in Europe over 1500 years later by Nicolo Machiavelli (1469-1527) in "The Prince".
Terror has long been used by totalitarian regimes in war and as a form of social control. During WW2 terrorism was used by both sides.The most notorious example on the English side was the fire bombing of the city of Dresden on 13 February 1945, 12 weeks before the surrender of Germany.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_...rld_War_II
Was the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki terrorism? Of course,in part,but there were layers.One political motive was to keep Russia out of Japan (Russia only declared war on Japan on August 8 1945, 2 days AFTER the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima)
