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[death from above]

i think the incendiary bomb attacks on dresden and tokyo were warcrimes, not acts of terrorism... but of course no war criminals are ever convicted on the victor's side.

"terrorism" should be defined as war crimes that are not committed at the nation-state level.

[bigverne]

[hypnotist]

[Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee]

If North Koreans knew the truth they would choose flawed South Korea over the North Korean gulag of our times- for real . Is there any real doubt about this?

[hypnotist]

[some waygug-in]

Talking to a lady from Germany this summer, she said that reunification has all but destroyed the German economy. I don't know how true that is but I can tell you she didn't seem too hopeful for the future of her country. Another thing she said was that because of the differences in government and education between East and West, the German people can't really see themselves as one people. They are as different as night and day.
Some sociologist has said that it will take at least 3 generations to work through those differences.

So if you wonder why some are opposed to reunification...........

[some waygug-in]

Talking to a lady from Germany this summer, she said that reunification has all but destroyed the German economy. I don't know how true that is but I can tell you she didn't seem too hopeful for the future of her country. Another thing she said was that because of the differences in government and education between East and West, the German people can't really see themselves as one people. They are as different as night and day.
Some sociologist has said that it will take at least 3 generations to work through those differences.

So if you wonder why some are opposed to reunification...........

[igotthisguitar]

[Summer Wine]

The (accidental)? shooting down of an Iranian airliner by the US could be classified as a terrorist action, if it was ever proven that it wasn't accidental. The attacking of an oil rig in a similar vein may be argued. There are probably a few more situations that could be viewed as an act of terrorism, as they didn't occur in a war.

[Nowhere Man]

Thanks to all for your responses.

I myself would define terrorism as attacks on civilian targets to produce a desired effect.

What I find intriguing (or, shall I say I find several points intriguing) is the idea that a nation-state, as suggested, can execute such actions as an "act of war".

Does that mean that terrorism is limited to entities smaller than the state-level?

We have Joe Dofu's suggestion that Sherman's torching Georgia was "terrorism" to wear out the South, but allied firebombings were not.

There are examples of NK terrorism that are buried in the past. That's all I will acknowledge of the North/South splinter argument.

But we do have Joo's suggestion that it is about intent.

Are there any acts of terrorism that sre executed for the frivolous, wanton destruction of it all?

I would say no.

I think they all are for one purpose or another.

Note: that doesn't mean I endorse them.

Likewise, does "war" exclude such acts as bona fide terrorism?

My argument would be that this gives states the right to "wage war" with disregard to whether such behavior constitutes terrorism and pins this label on smaller entities.

Note: for that matter, the US has not been "at war" since WWII.

Gopher, you refer to a previous post that I don't see on this thread. Moreover, your examples of mailing people death notices, in my opinion, falls under propoganda/psy-ops tactics. During WWII, the Allies mailed families of German dead with letters suggesting they had defected. This didn't actually harm anyone. It was just a mind -*beep*.

[Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee]

[Pligganease]

No.

[Hollywoodaction]