A sense of proportion and humanitarian action are not issues for terrorists. Their aim is that of killing and destroying.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Yeltsin states that terrorists do not care about human proportions or actions and aim only for destruction.
- In plain terms
- Terrorists do not think about humanity; they only want to kill and destroy.
- What can you take from it?
- Terrorism operates outside norms of proportion and humanitarian concern.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Can terrorism be understood through rational terms?
- What defines acceptable force?
Another view
Terrorist groups may still claim some form of political logic or proportionality.
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