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This just reduces the usefulness of the word 'terrorist', which, principally implies statelessness.
Statebased terrorist actions is an oxymoronic term. If a "terrorist" organization has state backing, by definition, its no longer a terrorist org. Authoritarian, fascist, militaristic, genocidal, racist, and on and on, sure. But keep definitions meaningful.
Terrorism, in its broadest sense, is the use of intentional violence and fear to achieve political or ideological aims. I think that USA fits the bill. Let's not discuss semantics. As OP, I want to focus this post on how if you can change my mind on US Foreign policy which to me is pretty fucked up.
Every state is a terrorist state, then. There isn’t a single one that doesn’t use state-funded officials to keep either the locals or foreigners under some kind of control due to threat of or actual conflict of some kind.
By that definition, every state that has ever waged a war is a terrorist state.
Your post is based on classifying X into group Y, that sort of claim has to presuppose some semantics of Y by definition.