Is the IRA a Terrorist Organization?

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(08-25-2015, 12:34 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Let's make this more interesting.

Was Likud under Ariel Sharon a terrorists organization?

Likud was(is) a political party that actually led a country. I think that is a different animal as they are at another level. When an organization takes control of a whole country, I think that goes beyond a terrorist organization. I would think a better comparison would be regimes like those in Syria, Iran, North Korea or those from the past like Peru, Spain, etc. But then again, if you compare them to those type of regimes, they generally appear somewhat favorable because they don't mistreat their own citizens as much. A better comparison might be the U.S. or other Western nations where we have a history of abusing people from other countries, but treat our own well. In that sense, Israel is a chip off the old block!