MANY attempts to justify terrorist attacks carried out by radical groups in this country and others reveal their hidden sympathy for these groups and their acts of bombing, killing, terrifying and destroying. The justifications that some people use in their arguments, especially after the Paris attacks, is to dig into France's colonizing history and the massacres that French forces committed in the North African countries, as if France deserved what happened to it. This type of rationale is built on ignorance of international relations and the shifts that occur in relations between countries, where historical struggles and mistakes are overcome and forgotten while relationships are built on mutual respect and national interests. Trying to justify what happened in Paris by using history in North Africa makes current international relations look like revenge, lacking a system, rules and regulations. It makes it seem as though things are run by power and that groups take advantage of opportunities to get back at one's opponents. What is even worse than justifying what happened in Paris in this way is the fact that morals and principles cannot accept this ideology. We cannot support this concept. It would be better if those who try to find excuses for terrorists tried to remember Islam doesn't allow for the murder of innocents under any circumstance. These justifications, popping up on social media, do not excuse what happened in Paris. In fact, this way of thinking confirms that there are sympathizers for these criminals, and if people buy into their justifications then they will soon accept the first step to becoming agents of terrorism themselves.
