Terrorizing civilians into submission was the deliberate aim of war, not a side effect.

Evidence

Collateral damage, to paraphrase Mahmood Mamdani, is not an exception in the war on terrorism but the exaggeration of its very point. It sends a message not just to the organizers of terrorist acts but to any passive supporters, any bystanders, anyone silently appreciating or vaguely sympathizing with the work of the branded terrorist. Racial branding makes it thinkable, targeted assassinations actualize its instrumentalization, disappearance its prevailing effect. — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 643 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Collateral damage is the intended point of terrorism war, not its side effect — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 643; Collateral damage is war’s core logic, not its side effect — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 139

Broader Connections

• Collateral damage is the intended point of terrorism war, not its side effect #corroborates (0.95) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 643