Is Terrorism the Weapon of the Weak?

The “Muslim grievance” mantra is back. Israel’s war in Gaza, we are again being told, is going to prompt aggrieved Muslims the world over to resort to terrorism — the “weapon of the weak.”

“On the battlefield, the old, the weak, women, children, monks, laborers, and other civilians cannot be targeted unless they forfeit that immunity by fighting themselves. Even then, force is authorized only in proportion to the threat, so killing them should be avoided if at all possible.”

“the statement of Abu Bakr, Prophet Muhammad’s closest companion, and second-in-command, when he instructed his army as recorded in the earliest manual of Islamic law:
‘You will find a people who claim to have totally given themselves to God. Leave them to what they claim to have given themselves… Do not kill women or children or an aged, infirm person. Do not cut down fruit-bearing trees. Do not destroy an inhabited place. Do not slaughter sheep or camels except for food. Do not burn bees and do not scatter them. Do not steal from the spoils, and do not be cowardly.’”

https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/war-islam-and-the-sanctity-of-life-non-aggression-in-the-islamic-code-of-combat

“From the river to the sea” is from the Bible, and describes the land promised to Israel by God. Adjacent countries strongly enforce the border to keep “Palestinians” out. Why is that? What do they know that we do not?

terrorism is warfare.

the point of warfare is to break things and kill people until the enemy does what you want.

the proper course of action is to reply in kind by breaking their things and killing them until there arent enough of them to continue or they decide they dont want to do it anymore

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