Vineyard_ t1_ja8zccd wrote on February 27, 2023 at 6:55 PM

Reply to comment by lancelongstiff in Anti-war partisans in Belarus claim to have damaged Russian plane | Belarus by Caratteraccio

By blowing really expensive and important military equipment that belongs to the attacker up.

surSEXECEN t1_jaam1gy wrote on February 28, 2023 at 1:25 AM

Or buildings. There was a bunch of fires started in Russia at the start, we need more of that!!

lancelongstiff t1_ja96dar wrote on February 27, 2023 at 7:39 PM

I fully support what they did and admire the courage it took.

But we both know these Anti-War Advocates would be labelled Terrorists if we were the ones invading another country and they were blowing our shit up.

SkiingAway t1_ja9irt5 wrote on February 27, 2023 at 8:57 PM

That wasn't typically the label used for the run of the mill fighters in Iraq or Afghanistan. Not saying no one called them that, but "Insurgents" or "Enemy combatants" seemed to be much more common labeling.

And targeting unattended military equipment is is noticeably less of a "terrorist" than typical practices from those conflicts.

IS was called that, sure, but that was pretty deserved with their tactics/practices.

lancelongstiff t1_ja9nr2o wrote on February 27, 2023 at 9:28 PM

If Iraqis had been destroying coalition hardware that was being stored in another country - one belonging to our allies - I think we would have called them terrorists.

When we take it upon ourselves to decide who it's right and proper to murder, it becomes a very murky, grey area.

SkiingAway t1_ja9t58t wrote on February 27, 2023 at 10:03 PM

I'm skeptical. I mean, some politician certainly would have, but there's politicians who call everyone they don't like a terrorist.

Destroying military equipment is pretty squarely within the realm of normal/not against international norms as far as actions for forces to take in a conflict.

If you're a country attacks are directly being launched from, it's hard to claim you're out of bounds as a valid target for where those actions take place.

> When we take it upon ourselves to decide who it's right and proper to murder, it becomes a very murky, grey area.

....ok? I don't really understand how this sentence has anything to do with the event or topic. I don't think anyone even died here.

Vineyard_ t1_ja9t7ce wrote on February 27, 2023 at 10:03 PM

One man's terrorist is another's freedom fighter. Actions are not separated from their outcomes or their intents.