I think the more nuanced point would be "If _our_ government directly does it, it's not called terrorism." The US government's support for anti-government orga

I think the more nuanced point would be "If _our_ government directly does it, it's not called terrorism." The US government's support for anti-government organizations in the Middle East (e.g. in Syria, Libya, Sudan, etc) is characterized as terrorism by the Iranian government, and many others (Russia, etc). (I'm not passing any judgement on the moral equivalency of these positions, just pointing out the fuzziness of the linguistics).