The famous example of the General De Gaulle can corroborate this claim. After his radio address in June 1940 exhorting the French people to resist Nazi occupation, he organized the Free French Forces with exiled French officers in England and led the interior resistance which used terrorism including bombings and Nazi officers' assassination. After the Third Reich's defeat, he led the provisory government until his resignation and later founded the Fifth Republic. From the Nazi point of view, the Free French Forces were considered as a terrorist organization whereas from the French point of view, they were assimilated to the Resistance. Consequently, both points of view perfectly show that it's not so easy to define what terrorism is. It implies to question your values. Which kind of so-called terrorist action can be considered as legitimate? Is fighting for freedom legitimate enough?
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