> When you say non-state, you surely mean by parties whom aren't favourable to US interests. No, I meant non-state. The US doesn't generally use the T-word for

> When you say non-state, you surely mean by parties whom aren't favourable to US interests. No, I meant non-state. The US doesn't generally use the T-word for, say, Russia's actions in Crimea or in Syria. Being opposed to US interests is necessary but not sufficient to make you a terrorist in this definition.