[bawolff]

Umm, that's basically the definition of terrorism.

9/11 didn't happen out of the blue, it was a response to american foreign policy in the middle east.

The troubles didn't happen because the IRA thought British rule was legitimate

Etc.

The vast majority of terrorism is because one group is controlling a region that the other group thinks they should not.

[msrenee]

I see what you mean. I never thought about it that way. It kind of just depends what side you're on whether it immediately leaps out as terrorism.

[bawolff]

Yeah, typically if you agree with them they are "freedom fighters" if you don't they're "terrorists".

In my opinion, most long running conflicts tend to have both sides doing terrible things over the course of the conflict, so its rare there is one side that is "good" and one that is "evil".