I have a problem cause I just want to say one man’s patriot is another’s terrorist or just go look it up.

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    14 days ago

    Terrorism is the war of the poor, and war is the terrorism of the rich.

    -Peter Ustinov

    I think it’s very true. Countries use violence to get what they want all the time. It isn’t always justified as we can see. It isn’t always to make the world a better place. Often it’s just for their own benefit with some half baked justification added as an afterthought.

    So other than having a uniform on what makes a military different to say the IRA?

    Both use violence to achieve their goals and both would claim to be right.

    If a foreign power occupied your country and there were no peaceful ways to force them out, would you accept subjugation or would you resist too?