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It is terrorism if the attack is planned in such a way, where innocent people will suffer with very high probability and nothing is done to prevent that.
by ivan_gammel 2y ago
It is terrorism if the attack is planned in such a way, where innocent people will suffer with very high probability and nothing is done to prevent that.
- N_A_T_E 2y agoIt's terrorism if non-combatants are the target. These attacks targeted combatants who were being sent information to conduct combat through the very same devices that exploded.
- ivan_gammel 2y agoWhen planning such operation you cannot be certain that: 1. all the devices will land in hands of legitimate targets 2. all those devices will be actually used by targets at the moment of explosion 3. there will be no civilians in the range of explosion Because of that civilian casualties should be anticipated at unknown scale. Since Israel pulled the trigger knowing that, it means they deliberately targeted civilians along with legitimate targets.
- mrguyorama 2y ago>It's terrorism if non-combatants are the target This is actually insufficient, unless you think the bombing of Berlin was terrorism. If your attack is about primarily about reducing military capability then it isn't terrorism. Bombing a tank factory staffed entirely by civilians is not terrorism. Launching an expensive cruise missile against a single apartment block is probably terrorism, but if that apartment block houses all the scientists of the Manhattan project, maybe it's not. Bombing a military base isn't terrorism even if you end up killing all the families of the soldiers stationed there.
- yunohn 2y agoSo literally all of the USA’s drone killings in the Middle East are terrorism? I’m ok with that definition.
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- codedokode 2y agoHow can we qualify atomic bombing of Japan during WW2 under this definition?
- ivan_gammel 2y agoWar crime. Same as Coventry, Dresden and Leningrad.
- anigbrowl 2y agoAbsolutely, unreservedly terrorism. Same thing with the use of napalm and defoliants in Vietnam.
- Zanfa 2y agoI can’t think of a more targeted attack than through items carried exclusively by combatants. Even an in-person special ops team would likely cause more collateral damage, let alone something like R9X.
- KennyBlanken 2y agoInflicting casualties on innocent people to instill terror in the population has literally been Israel's military policy for at least half a century.
- HDThoreaun 2y ago[flagged]