• Microw@lemm.ee
      71·
      10 days ago

      The Taliban definitely still use violence to achieve their aims. It’s state terrorism or oppression now.

    • Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works
      11·
      11 days ago

      Right, my comment was more about, once a terrorist always a terrorist, like once your murder someone, your forever a murderer instead of stopping being a murderer cause you haven’t killed in a decade,

      • lime!@feddit.nuEnglish
        21·
        10 days ago

        well the taliban weren’t terrorists until they stopped fighting the soviets. one of the 80’s Bond films is even dedicated to “the brave freedom fighters of Afghanistan”. contrary to doing a single murder, doing many for political gain turns your status from objective to subjective.

    • lennybird@lemmy.worldEnglish
      22·
      11 days ago

      Plus:

      • Every terrorist believes their cause is just and they’re freedom fighters.

      • Every victor gets to write the history books… Hence why the objectively-terrorist actions of bombing Dresden, Berlin, 90+ Japanese cities + the nukes, etc. during WWII, wasn’t defined as terrorism but doing what needed to be done for the greater good.