What is the difference between a "terrorist" and a

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>>2975426
Whether they target civilians on purpose.

Political palatability

>>2975426
Depends on how much US funding they get.

>>2975426
Terrorists inflict damage onto civilian population in order to scare them (or "terrorize") them into submission.

Freedom fighters attack government targets in an effort to change a governing system (rightly or wrongly).

ISIS drives a truck through a crowd of pedestrians? Terrorist.

Hamas launches missiles at Israeli army camp? Freedom fighter.

Not justifying Hamas' actions here, "freedom fighter" is just a loaded phrase. "Insurgent" actually works better, more neutral.

>>2975429
Yes.

Reminder that strategic bombing is terrorism.

How good their PR game is.

You can act like an terrible crimes-against-humanity terrorist but if your PR game is good enough/if stomping your shit would make your enemy look bad, it can come across pretty fine.

Look at the IRA.

>>2975426
>>2975429
So what about having little regard for civilians? I hear about "We're going to bomb area X, evacuate it if you want faggot"

Not deliberately targeting civilians per-say, but not really giving a shit if they die?

>>2975426
I'd only call someone a terrorist when their killings of civilians are getting them absolutely nowhere politically yet they still do it, which ironically is not a terrorist anymore, but I see no other way of making sense of the label these days.

People who actually get somewhere politically, fight and take over territory, like ISIS, are not terrorists.

>>2975426
It depends on whose perspective you see it from.

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>>2975446
Strategic bombing is Total War. It's also technically a war crime but who gives a shit in total war.

>>2975467
muslim terrorists see themselves as fighting a war as well

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>>2975474
From the perspective of a nation fighting a total war it does make sense for groups like ISIS to bomb civilians. But they're only fighting a total war from their perspective, every nation that they attack only views them as a terroristic nuisance rather than a military threat to their sovereignty.

>>2975426
Terrorists are the people who use terrorism, freddom fighters are the people who fight for freedom.
They are not mutually exclusive.

>>2975450
that's also because they phoned in attacks. People saw some big explosion and like 1 guy died so people were kinda glad that if they had to blow something up they told people about it ahead of time.

All governments define who is a terrorist or not based on their national interests. If a certain organization engages in terrorist activities but is allied with us, then we should not classify it as a terrorist organization, but if a certain organization doesn't engage in terrorist activities but poses a threat to our security or vital strategic interests, then we should classify it as a terrorist organization.

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>>2975493
Exactly.

>Irgun/Lehi = Freedom fighters
>Hamas/PLO = Terrorists

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>>2975902
Greater Israel + Proxy Judah (Greater Kurdistan) when?

>>2975426
Do they target G*d's chosen people? Then they're terrorists.

One mans terrorist is another mans freedom fighter

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>>2976100
This. Harming a Jew is a desecration of God's name.

>>2976098
Israel couldn't even hope to hold half of that land. literally only 1% of Israel will be Jewish.

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A Freedom Fighter is someone who fights against the Cancer that is Zionism, Juden.

>>2975426

Freedom Fighter is the one who won in the end.

Terrorist is the one who lost/still hasn't won.

>>2975426
>What is the difference between a "terrorist" and a "freedom fighter"?
Literally no difference. A ''Terrorist'' is just a Freedom Fighter who fights for something you don't like.