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Terrorism is a legitimate tool or strategy of warfare. It's terrible, distasteful and I think we can all agree it's bad. But in terms of asymmetrical warfare st
by elblanco 16y ago
Terrorism is a legitimate tool or strategy of warfare. It's terrible, distasteful and I think we can all agree it's bad. But in terms of asymmetrical warfare strategy it's the strongest weapon you can use. People often forget that because most people think along lines of war having rules and being civil (and following conventions of war and honorable rules of engagement and such).
But it wasn't all that long ago really that it was perfectly common and acceptable to do things worse than terrorism. Like rape and pillage an entire city as a perfectly legitimate and really quite typical invasion tactic.
- cousin_it 16y agoYes yes yes. Either you believe that asymmetric tactics like terrorism are legitimate, or you believe that anyone who has the biggest guns should be boss forever 'n ever. And I say that as someone who lives in Moscow, which has faced terrorism very recently.
- roel_v 16y agoThat depends on your definition of 'legitimate'. According to broadly-accepted international law, from the 20th century on terrorism is not a 'legitimate tool of warfare'. If you argue that it is (can be) an effective tool, then yes - in the same way rape and pillage can be. Terrorizing opponents is not exclusively for the small party in an asymmetric way.