Counter-argument: How many school busses did these distinguished gentlemen hit with anti-tank guns? How many suicide bombers did they send forth into crowded public places? Terrorism these days means targetting civilians, not soldiers.
The Boston Tea Party was aimed at destruction of civil property (East India Company) in defiance of the Tea Act of May 10, 1773.
Conversely, the Boston Massacre
was the death of civilians, yet the soldiers were [rightly, IMO] acquitted, as they were fighting against imminent threat to their lives/safety.
But in any case, my point was that the label of terrorist
can be applied to people who aren't.
I agree that the behavior you describe is the true measure of [the spirit of] terrorism.