Freedom Fighter or Terrorist
I saw an documentary about some Algerian Liberation Front fighter a couple of weeks ago. In this, he tried to point out that although France called the ALF terrorists, they indeed were fighting a war and that the only thing that differentiated the Algerians from the French soldiers was that the uniform.
At this point I am wondering when a terroristic activity becomes a freedom fight e.g. the Boston Tea Party was a "terrorist atack" but is honored as beginning of the independance (as is the the fight in Algeria), so were the partisans during WW2, is the ETA or PLO really a terrorist organization if one follows the logic above?
What is your oppinion?
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Originally Posted by Benjamin Franklin
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