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[BrianSoddingBoru4]

That speaks to motivation (how someone becomes a terrorist), not goals (what terrorist want to accomplish).

What you’ve said is simplistic, not simple.

Boru

Complexities are emotions; emotions don't have goals; they are rather "needs" that need to be constantly satisfied -just like drugs-.
Terrorists want to fill a certain need inside them, just like any other human. But when your "need" is to see people fearing you to the degree of fleeing you on sight, then you are simply a terrorist.

That's not a goal. That's complexity.

You’re  confusing actions with the emotions that precipitate them.

Breivik wanted Muslims out of Europe. This is a goal.

Tarrant wanted a gun rights war (the shooting kind) in the US. This is a goal.

The 9-11 people (and those who followed them) wanted the US out the Middle East.  This is a goal.

The IRA wanted the re-unification of Ireland.  This is a goal.

'Terrorism' isn't simply violence, it is violence towards a political end. Shooting people simply because you like to watch them run away may be a terrifying act, but it isn't terrorism.

Boru