:::The majority of RS generally set it aside, as it isn't what is commonly perceived as terrorism, the place for a history of state terrorism would be the state terrorism page rather than losing the proper and useful focus of this article, certainly almost all sources on terrorism do not seek to include the already well covered topic of nazi or communist oppression and the war crimes of various nations, and to include them here would be a mistake as mentioned before where exactly would it end? every war, the regime of every dictator? otherwise you'd be entering Bias and POV. I also think your being disingenuous and misleading with your post far from the minority disputing it the majority acknowledge that there is debate over the definition but most use the commonly perceived concept, like the UN definition and the BBC article you've previously held up as examples.