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Globally ? Nope … “by western governments and a few others” is more accurate ( most liberation movements are called terrorist at some point, most French called
by pbarthelemy 2y ago
Globally ? Nope … “by western governments and a few others” is more accurate ( most liberation movements are called terrorist at some point, most French called their internal resistance in WWII terrorists, only to use the same word for groups who fought France in their decolonization (Viet-Minh, FLN)
Terrorism is not even defined in international laws ; the more generic notion is war crime is used.
( not that lexical discussions change much for the civilians of any side who lose their lifes … )