IDK that tarring and feathering is terrorism - but..sure, we've done all sorts of horrid shit. Similarly, inferiror forces often find themselves desperate, but if in their desperation they attack exclusively civilian targets it would probably be a warcrime, and almost certainly would not be terrorism. Uniformed forces are largely exempt from the designation - which is used to refer to non state actors that attack civilian targets in an effort to get a state to do x (as gubus example of the aim of the 9/11 attacks lays out).
Sure, islamic terrorists claim that some act is revenge for this or that other thing - but we've already established that they say silly shit - and I think we can grant that islamic terrorism has it's own engine. They don't need any excuse to do what they do, they have their own reasons and their own agency in the matter, none of them are taking their marching orders from potus or his actions.
Doing anything about terrorism -at all- is a political act, as it's a political problem. We could mollycoddle them thinking they were fixable and the same comment or criticism would hold. Are we sympathizing with terrorists for political reasons? Personally, I see alot of that. Bog standard anti american sentiment leading to unrepresentative assessments of terrorism and terrorists.
Sure, islamic terrorists claim that some act is revenge for this or that other thing - but we've already established that they say silly shit - and I think we can grant that islamic terrorism has it's own engine. They don't need any excuse to do what they do, they have their own reasons and their own agency in the matter, none of them are taking their marching orders from potus or his actions.
Doing anything about terrorism -at all- is a political act, as it's a political problem. We could mollycoddle them thinking they were fixable and the same comment or criticism would hold. Are we sympathizing with terrorists for political reasons? Personally, I see alot of that. Bog standard anti american sentiment leading to unrepresentative assessments of terrorism and terrorists.
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