[misja]

Genuine question: if the motivation for this bombing was not political or ideological, what was it then?

[lopmotr]

I think terrorism is killing random members of a population to scare the others into some political or ideological change. It wouldn't count if it was targeted at fighters and civilians got killed by accident.

[misja]

That sounds like a reasonable definition. But how would this definition qualify the Taliban attacks on military bases and police stations in Afghanistan?

[yakshaving_jgt]

It was an accident.

[misja]

Sure, but what was the motivation for dropping the bombs if you say it was not political or ideological?

[esailija]

Is the killing of tens of millions of civilians so far with sanctions an accident too? If you can kill them with sanctions why not with drone strikes?