[David25865]

This an odd reduction of the definition. Whatever the morality of bombing Japan, this does not fit the definition of the tactic of terrorism. Terrorism is a type of violence that not only targets civilians, but seeks to do so primarily, and without warning, by non-uniformed (irregular) combatants. Its goal is to cause chaos, disruption and yes, terror, among the civilian populas by its seemingly random and indiscriminate nature, and to do so in secret. This is why nobody would call North Korea launching a nuclear missle terrorism, but them sponsoring a group to smuggle a such a weapon into the US would be called that. That is why the Isreali army are not, because they operate in the open, with uniformed personel, and seek to limit non combatant killing, while the Palestinians are, because they operate in secret, and seek to maximize civilian casualties. You may think they are morally equivelant, but the two tactics are clearly separate things.

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