This is interesting from the standpoint of the way Terrorists are seen to be defeated. The economic solution is the only avenue that has proven to be effective. Iraq is a prime example of how military engagement proliferaties terrorists to their purpose.
There two societies in Iraq.
Those that beieve in the new government and see deaths in government as necessary to achieve an end.
The others are those that believe otherwise and to what end is uncertain which continues to leave those that would like to understand the resistance 'cold' to bring their views forward to resolve. They are willing to sacrifice their lives as well to achieve and end. It is safe to say military actions against terrorists don't work. Stable nations with good economies are the answer to eliminating terrorists.
Since Iraq, military confrontation or the threat to confront militarily has lead to nuclear proliferation minimally in North Korea.
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Symposium: The Future of Terror
By Jamie Glazov
IHC Abstract
The international terrorism landscape has changed dramatically during the past three years. To discuss the future of terror, FrontPage Symposium joined with this distinguished panel: Evan Kohlmann, Simon Reeve, Dr. Rohan Gunaratna and Dan Darling.
Tackling international terrorism requires a number of different responses: military, political, social, diplomatic, economic and cultural. In our increasingly globalized world, there are U.S. and Western targets everywhere. Intelligence will see more attacks on these ‘frontier outposts’ by small cells of disaffected, angry young men, and militant cells which are emerging in many countries. We are dealing with nihilists and despots who worship a death-cult. They hate modern liberalism and democracy and their ideology is the cousin of fascism and communism.
Al-Qaeda has transformed from a group into a movement; second, the epicenter of international terrorism has shifted from Afghanistan to Iraq; third, terrorist target selection include the allies and friends of the United States. Under the watchful encouragement of “third generation” terrorist commanders like Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, al-Qaida is developing into a loose collective of disparate Islamic militant groups and sleeper cell networks. Given the rise of ruthless extremists it becomes inherent that future terrorist attacks will involve weapons of mass destruction, such as chemical, biological, radiological or even nuclear agents. It is also clear these same conspirators are willing to carry out their deadly missions even if they directly result in the deaths of hundreds of Muslims.
The European powers have shamelessly washed their hands of a Middle East crisis they created. They should be doing far more in partnership with the U.S. Although the terrorist infrastructure has been disrupted in Europe to date, European nations did some outrageous deals with terrorist groups in the 1970s to discourage attacks on their soil. Some of the groups were defeated because they were simply ridiculous and run by murderous brats who loathed their parents’ generation. They had no apocalyptic aims like al-Qaeda, did not pose the same level of threat and members could be bought-off.
America’s working partnership with Saudi Arabia raises the question, “How can the U.S. claim ‘Our society’s freedoms and values are superior’, when they then state one of America’s principal global allies is despotic and evil?” These double-standards confuse America’s friends and encourage America’s enemies to hate even harder. In terms of U.S. allies: powers have temporary ‘bad’ allies sometimes to defeat bigger and more dangerous enemies. The U.S. claims Muslims who are against extremism and terrorism are their allies.
Military force will perhaps always be a necessary element in a viable 21st century counterterrorism strategy. In this context, the American liberation of Iraq was crucial, despite the price for freedom, which is never free. The victory over communism and fascism did not come with any discounts either. President George W. Bush is applying the Cold War’s historical lesson to the circumstances of the terror war. It is a lethal strategy against the Islamist enemy since terrorism can only breed in totalitarian environments. It will aid in planting freedom in the Arab Middle East where the root of Islamist terror resides. This tactic may or may not rob terrorism of the oxygen it needs to breathe.
How can we defeat something that has become a state of mind or a terrorist ideology? This extensive and lengthy report addresses the new deadly strain of terrorism that is on the horizon.
The IHC recommends you read the article in full.
http://www.infoisrael.net/cgi-local/text.pl?source=4/b/i/090520051
