What is terrorism?  If two sides are fighting each other and one side has smart bombs and drones and the other side doesn&#x27;t, clearly the choice for the weaker side is to give up or to find tactics that work to break its enemy&#x27;s will.<p>The word terrorism is a propaganda word intended to make the audience pass moral judgment on the act and ignore the larger issue of why the conflict exists in the first place.<p>I too find acts of violence upsetting, but it&#x27;s dangerous to buy into the propaganda around the word terrorism, since it&#x27;s used to justify abandoning diplomacy and dehumanizing the enemy.