Hiroshima was not a terrorist act.
by the mainstream definition that terrorism is deliberate targeting of civilians with the purpose of capitalizing on the psychological effect, yes Hiroshima was a classical terror attack. The Allies DID call the civilian-targeting air raids on Germany and Japan "terror bombings". The Aug 1945 nuclear attack targeted population and nothing but population. It's goal was to mortify as many civilians as possible and force Japan's surrender due to the psychological effect. Most pure distilled terrorism. It's good that this spared your father, but this fact does not alter the applicability of the term to the action.
The Japanese would have been happy to nuke Tacoma, Washington
sure. They covered with corpses any land they conquered. But the evil prevented by terror attack does not retroactively abolish the applicability of definition to the action.
Exactly true, these nuclear attacks WERE terrorism. Whether or not they were justified is up for conversation, but I believe they were.
Now, if the Red Army Faction had a nuke...
they wouldn't use it unless they found a huge concentration of burgeiousie. They were leftist targeting industrial magnates, bankers and politicians. Killing a million of proletarian assholes was counterintuitive to their doctrine. Toiling masses can not be liberated by nukes.
Depending on the leader of the time maybe or maybe not. Lenin and Stalin surely had no qualms, or remorse, for killing innocents if they get in the way of destroying the Bourgeoisie. In their policies they tried to avoid it but if a million people had to die to ensure freedom from Capitalist Imperialism then they would sacrifice them.
Communism was an ideology that attempted to release the world from the inherent inequality of Capitalism. Unfortunatly the conflict between Capitalism and Communism lead to millions of deaths. Terrorism is a tool used by all...
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