Airmen who surveil the Islamic State never get to look away

Re:Airmen who surveil the Islamic State never get to look away by aaron-lebo on Friday July 07, 2017 @04:42AM (#14716985)

Unless the primary goal is propaganda by violence it's not terrorism. It seems pedantic but "terrorism" has somewhat of a definition, devaluation of lives isn't the key component, it's the purpose of the action.

It sucks and is morally wrong, but it isn't terrorism unless you want to argue that the main purpose of these strikes it to terrorize the civilian population. That may be the case but it seems they really just want to kill certain people and collateral damage is accepted.

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Re:Airmen who surveil the Islamic State never get to look away by m_eiman on Friday July 07, 2017 @04:54AM (#14717030)

Terrorism isn't about propaganda, IMHO. I agree somewhat with Wikipedia:

Terrorism is a term used in its broadest sense to describe the use of intentionally indiscriminate violence as a means to create terror or fear, in order to achieve a political, religious or ideological aim.

But I'd say it's not just indiscriminate violence, targeting e.g. members of political or judiciary organizations is often used too.

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