Relatively recently, the discussions about war and peace have drastically changed. After September 11, 2001, the new problem of terrorism became one of the most controversial topics around the world. Therefore, the correlation between such terms and concepts as terrorism and war has long attracted attention from various scholars and experts. At first glance, it may seem that terrorism and war have several factors in common. For example, sometimes terrorist groups and the military are equipped similarly, and the participants are trained in combat. In addition, both war and terrorism are associated with the use of violent acts. They are used to frighten the public and pursue political goals, for example, to change the government in the country. As a result, they lead to human casualties and destruction of objects and cause tremendous harm to the environment and humanity.
However, upon closer examination, it becomes evident that the objectives of terrorism and war have differences. For instance, acts of terrorism are meant to inflict fear and intimidation to put pressure on the authorities, society, or the entire world. Over the past years, ISIS has made its way into northeast Syria and also has posted several propaganda materials on the internet. The final goal of this organization is to convert the entire world, even the Western countries, to their twisted version of Islamic law. To achieve that objective, they impose disturbance by suicide bombing and killing people in other countries. By those actions, ISIS implements their ideals and how everyone who is not converted to their fate should die. On the other hand, the Afghan war began due to an attempt by the Soviet army to overthrow the current government and take the land under control. From this fact, one can conclude that the purpose of war is to either seize the territory of another country or to change the government on the opposing side. Therefore, even though war and terrorism may seem similar and equally horrible, their concepts and goals are completely different. While acts of terrorism are short-lived and are conducted to convey a message, war is mostly a prolonged campaign to achieve political goals.