P F Tinmore
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And Israel's war against the Palestinians is virtually always in Palestinian neighborhoods. Is knowingly and willingly killing civilians substantially different than targeting civilians?Many called the Irish Republican Army terrorists, others called them freedom fighters. It's a thin line at times
It's a funny thing that can be debated for an eternity. We used guerrilla war tactics to defeat the British during the American Revolution, and history regards them as freedom fighters. You never hear the Natives Americans who attacked American settlers referred to as freedom fighters, do you?
Well did we purposefully target innocent civilians? To me, that is what terrorism is. When innocent civilians are purposefully and intentionally targeted in order to make a "statement," whether that be political, social, religious, or whatever.
In the case of the Native Americans, yes we did. In the case of the British most of their civilians lived thousands of miles away.