re: #167 ignoranceisfatal

Really? So killing just soldiers isn’t a terrorist act?

There isn’t a clear-cut definition of terrorism, but military targets are generally considered outside of it. Terrorism aims to affect the civilian population, and is employed in situation where there is a massive force imbalance, making direct military action impossible for one side.

Things get blurry in a hurry, of course, but that’s the general starting point.