On another note it is amusing to see America, France, Britain, Russia, etc. speak of the "evils of terrorism" when all nations have practiced terrorism against their enemies at one point or another.
The French Revolution would lead to one of the first examples of state terrorism where Robespierre would send his enemies to their death, by his power alone.
"However as France had used her influence to pervert her vocation and demoralize Europe, it is not surprising that terrible means must be used to set her on her true course again." Joseph de Maistre