I posted this question in a different forum a while ago, but never really got any satisfactory answer. Inspired by the recent discussion about terrorist groups, I thought maybe the Barbelithuanians could take a crack at it.
Basically, the argument goes like this (and this is a theoretical argument, not necessarily my opinion):
In a democracy, the people elect their leaders, and are therefore responsible for what the leaders do. The leaders command the armies and so are responsible for what they do. Therefore the people are responsible for what the army is doing. Since they are responsible, they are in fact the aggressor, and are therefore legitimite targets.
Ergo, terrorism is justified if the enemy is a democracy.
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