Again, my inclination is to more to let the comparison discredit organized state violence than to credit decentralized violence. 1/

But I do think it's not uncommon to describe, say, attacks on US embassies as "blowback" to American policy. Do I think that most of those actions are legitimate or defensible? No, absolutely not. 2/

But then I think most military action is not so defensible either. I do think there are similarities in character. /fin