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anigbrowl a day ago

Well the definition is flawed, or as the British say, the law is an ass.

Terrorism is widely understood to be the deployment of military force against civilian populations. Of course states do this all the time, but 'state terrorism' is basically dependent on whether politicians in country A align with country B or not; if they don't, they'll call out state abuses in country B as state terrorism, if not they'll say it's law and order.

Regardless of these nuances, extending the definition to include any kind of property damage is just laughably opportunist.

veeti a day ago | parent [-]

>any kind of property

"Any kind" is quite the load bearing argument there. Let me remind you Europe is under an ongoing land invasion, which is why fucking with its defensive capabilities is unlikely to solicit much sympathies.

inigyou a day ago | parent | next [-]

You mean Russia invading Ukraine, right? Were these jets helping Ukraine or were they helping Israel?

graemep 20 hours ago | parent [-]

Neither. They were part of anti-ISIS/ISIL operations.

anigbrowl 7 hours ago | parent [-]

In Europe?

echoangle 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Bad argument. If you sabotage military equipment in Europe, obviously you also indirectly lower the military potential of that army somewhere else. The planes in Europe aren’t there to be paperweights, they are either being maintained there for service or are there as a deterrent and need to be reinforced by other planes when damaged.

inigyou 27 minutes ago | parent [-]

Bad argument. You're saying the French were wrong to sabotage Hitler's airplanes because they might've been used after the war to defend Germany from the USSR.

harimau777 16 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

So the idea is that Russia is planning on invading the UK?