Originally Posted by Mr. Soul

Very few will agree with you, it's hard for people to admit that the side they blindly root for is capable of anything other that self defense. It's only terrorism when CNN calls it terrorism. And for that to happen the perpetrators must be Muslim. The only terrorism that takes place in this world is the terrorism that is aimed against us our or allies. By the new definition, you can not commit and act of terrorism if your actions are against an official enemy. Only the acts of our enemies can be called terrorism.

When the west or Israel uses acts of violence against civilians with the goal of brining about political change, it's not terrorism. It's self defense, or "freedom tickling".