Answer to Question #201375 in Political Science for Sima

Question

Considering the events of 9/11, the abduction of the Chibok girls in 2014, Westgate shopping mall attack in Nairobi in 2013 in two pages discuss how terrorism differs from other forms of violence in society.

For example, how is terrorism different from warfare? Different from criminal violence? Different from politics?

Answer 1

Terrorists intend to kill citizens who are innocent as a means of disturbing others, legitimate acts of war kill blameless people only as a side effect – as “collateral damage,” in military jargon.