Precisely. It was not justifiable, but some of the men in that group from Arkansas had threatened some Mormons in a village.

If it had been an IRA or Al-Queda attack under the same circumstances, the media and historians would have given them a write-off.

I am honored by the fact that we are held to a higher standard, and I think that no matter what the grievance of any group or past suffering, no one should have license to terrorize women, children and innocent men for what a few in the company may have done or threatened. I wish we would expect the same from everyone, so that no one has the license for terrorism.
That "One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter" stuff is a lot of horse dung and the recipe for the destruction of Western Civilization.