Sanctioned terrorism

What is left unmentioned and unrecognised in our collective psyche is the kind of terrorism that has been deliberately obfuscated: sanctioned terrorism or terrorism with a license—sanctions. The fact that scholars have identified over 100 definitions of the term terrorism demonstrates that there is no universally accepted definition.

There is general consensus that terrorism is “viewed as a method of violence in which civilians are targeted with the objective of forcing a perceived enemy into submission by creating fear, demoralisation, and political friction in the population under attack.”