"To initiate a war of aggression, therefore, is not only an international crime; it is the supreme international crime differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole." -- *Robert H. Jackson*, chief prosecutor at the  Nuremberg trials

(i) Planning, preparation, initiation or waging of a war of aggression or a war in violation of international treaties, agreements or assurances;

(ii) Participation in a common plan or conspiracy for the accomplishment of any of the acts mentioned under (i). [Such as a false flag]

• Terrorism is a crime -- it is a tactic -- you can NOT make a "war" on terror -- and it is not an "act of war" itself unless conducted or facilitated by a state actor.
• Therefore all perpetrators should be arrested and tried publicly under the rules of evidence and  Habeas Corpus to determine the responsible parties with the exception being actual on-going invasions or territorial incursions (see below).
• Terrorism, when committed by a nation state is a war crime, and its leaders and those who follow their orders or those who facilitated such attacks should be treated and tried as war criminals.
• Terrorism, when committed by non-state actors is first degree murder and the perpetrators should be treated and brought to trial as such.

• It is an act of war by foreigners without the protection of the Geneva conventions.
• The same applies for acts of terrorism committed during an invasion or territorial incursion by such foreign forces.
  
• Which essentially means the perpetrators can be executed at will (summarily shot for example) if they're not the citizens of the country they're attacking.
• If they are that country's citizens they must be imprisoned and publicly tried for the crime of treason, or terrorism, or both, under the rules of evidence and Habeas Corpus

• It is the right of a people to defend their homeland.
• It is the right of a people to resist foreign occupation.
• It is the right of a people to rule themselves.
• Acts of terrorism in support of resistance are NEVER acceptable.
  

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. - That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed...."

"That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed."

"But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security...."

• It is the right, nay the duty, of a people to change their form of government under certain circumstances and given unbearable provocations.
  
• It should NEVER be attempted for "light or transient causes".
• It should NEVER, EVER, be attempted at the BEHEST of a foreign power.  It should be considered as an act of treason if one should do so.
  
• It is extremely problematical to seek assistance from foreign powers if the "revolution" in any way, shape, or form, is planned, directed or assisted by such powers to further their own goals and agendas.
  
• Specifically the looting of the targeted nation's resources or wealth. 
  
• Or to eliminate or destroy the targeted nation-state as a a geo-political and/or economic competitor to a foreign power or powers. (The HIGHEST form of treason any citizen of a nation-state can EVER commit.)
  
• Such attempts to overturn or destroy an existing government are commonly referred to as foreign sponsored Coup d'états, or acts of subversion, and are considered to be treason by almost everyone everywhere.
• Acts of terrorism in support of a revolution are NEVER acceptable
• Attacks against military installations or against government officials with the intent to kill MAY be acceptable in a revolution.