military acts without declaring war. attacking a weak point to create highest effect with least effort. Sounds pretty terroristic to me. Unless, of course, you consider terrorism only when targetting only civilians and bystanders, instead of "the enemy" directly. At least german history doesn't use this definition. AO was liekly not been used against persons. But did anyone care if there *were* people where the US "defoliated"? (Could they know? That was the whole point of the thing) And, in my eyes, it's still chemical warfare. Destroying a potential hideout is a classic technique of war, and it was done by chemical means.
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