text: how do international society judge and differ between terrorist separatist and freedom fighter in this world? let me give the list (just for example... without any intention):  basque province in spain tibet/taiwan in people's republic of china east timor in indonesia quebec in canada ireland/scotland in england some ex-country of societ union-now russia  or in the past: confederate states of america vs united states of america  how do we differ it then? isn't it kinda unfair to label a country as invader wile the others don't? or is it because united states of america said "this" is terrorist separatist and "that" is freedom fighters so the other nations just obey without even thinking about it? generally the message we get is the message which suits our government. so, for example, the ira are classified as terrorists by the british government and as freedom fighters by their supporters.  it gets really difficult in places like israel/palestine. one side sees the israelis as oppressors and in some cases believe any method is justified to remove them from palestinian land, the other side sees the consequences of these methods such as suicide bombing and believes any method is justified to prevent such attacks.   the voices of the moderates who want both sides to coexist are lost beneath the bombing and the bulldozing of homes.