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That’s a bit loose. Terrorism aims to inspire terror, those violent acts have to be extreme and indiscriminate to do so.
by throwaway316943 6y ago
That’s a bit loose. Terrorism aims to inspire terror, those violent acts have to be extreme and indiscriminate to do so.
- esperent 6y agoFor example, missiles from unmanned drones hitting civilian targets like schools and hospitals. Note the statistics here [0] - of course the numbers are very fuzzy but at the worst case scenario it's 1:2.5 civilians: military targets. So for every 2.5 military targets, 1 civilian. That fits the bill for extreme and indiscriminate. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_strikes_in_Pakistan https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_strikes_in_Pakistan
- jlawson 6y agoHitting is not the same as targeting, so no. Also, one needs to indicate the difference between e.g. a hospital building acting as nothing but a hospital, and one that has been evacuated of patients and used as a militant staging post.
- missedthecue 6y agoThat seems like the loose understanding between the two. Were the 1944 USAAF bombings of Krupp Stahl works terrorism? They would be according to your understanding.