Subject: Laure Calhoun, in her essay The Terrorists   Tacit Message {Peace Review 1 March 2002, vol. 14, no. 1, pp.   85-91(7) } suggests that terrorists are just using the same official   justification that governments use for war to justify their acts of terror.   This is the “just war” justification—in brief, it is ok to go to war as long   as it is for self defense, or the protection of important rights including   property rights, and all other methods to settle the dispute in question have   been tried without success. What is the real difference between terrorism and   modern wars which have targeted noncombatants and civilian facilities in   accordance with “the standard total war policy.” Is terrorism always a bad   thing or can it be justified under certain conditions.Click on this link to download a couple of   articles on the subject.      

Subject: Laure Calhoun, in her essay The Terrorists   Tacit Message {Peace Review 1 March 2002, vol. 14, no. 1, pp.   85-91(7) } suggests that terrorists are just using the same official   justification that governments use for war to justify their acts of terror.   This is the “just war” justification—in brief, it is ok to go to war as long   as it is for self defense, or the protection of important rights including   property rights, and all other methods to settle the dispute in question have   been tried without success. What is the real difference between terrorism and   modern wars which have targeted noncombatants and civilian facilities in   accordance with “the standard total war policy.” Is terrorism always a bad   thing or can it be justified under certain conditions.Click on this link to download a couple of   articles on the subject.