Terrorism

Ok so some shitty ass obscure tyranny pisses off some of it's citizens and we happen to buy oil from them so they decide to murder some of our civilians.

We retaliate and the terrorists say "THEY ARE AT WAR WITH US NOW".

We do nothing and the terrorists say "THEY ARE WEAK, WE CAN DO WHATEVER WE WANT!".

If you hate america and love terrorists, even by taking the terrorist's side it is obvious that there is nothing we can do to stop them attacking us. So we must retaliate. Therefore the war to defend Iraqi and Afghanistani civilians from terrorism was the correct course of action.

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Although I wouldn't call the tea throwing terrorism, since a state of terror was hardly achieved. I think it was more of a conventional tactical operation, albeit on small scale.

A good example to illustrate the versatility of terrorism I think would be the use of snipers on the eastern front during World War II. A single sniper can inflict moderate casualties at best. But by remaining hidden for a long time and targetting only officers and NCOs Soviet and German snipers would considerably lower the morale of enemy units, often to the point of the latter living in constant fear.