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For comparison, the French resistance was called a terrorist organisation by the Germans, as Algerian FLN was called terrorist organisation by the French… etc. History would be kind of funny if it wasn’t tragic.

And this whole “terrorist” word was jeopardised by Bush. There’s no “terrorism” per se as an emanation of evil.

It’s just an asymmetrical and violent extension of political expression, where dialogue failed to reach a settlement.

Otherwise you’d need to explain the ideological similarities between Al Qaeda and eg. ETA.