sayuz wrote:I believe that terorism is the latesc form of war! The former world wars were open, had borders, had netral countries, terorism knows no limits, terorists can strike everywere andeveryone and are so hard to find! Osama BinLaden is world known terorist leader and yet is nowere to find! Why?Terorists are the latest form of soldiers, driven in battle by many motives, principally being a God of some kind, or extremist love for country!
Is terorism more serrious or more dangerous war than other forms of war?
Yawn, terrorism was ignored or treated as an inconvenience until 9/11 and Iraq.
Terrorism has been used for some sort of gain since the Roman Empire.
Terrorism affects my life financially. Due to my work involving people in Iran and Russian I have to pay $500AU for every security check I have to undergo, to keep a current security clearance for the airports I use.
The big differences between terrorism now and decades ago are technology, travel and the media.
Everyone seems to ignore other terrorist groups except for religious extremists. What people should notice is that other terrorist groups haven't ignored the United States war on terrorism.
I doubt it was sanity that caused the IRA to stop its agenda, they said it will now achieve its goals using, quote "purely political and democratic programmes through exclusively peaceful means", same goes with the ETA.
They are now leaving the arena before they are cleaned up by the USs war on terrorism.
What on earth is happening with Venezuela? I think it's very interesting that ever since Venezuela has made statements and political actions against America it has been labeled as a "
Terrorism hub of South America". They backup these statements with Venezuela's policy on drugs, travel security and relationships with other countries.
What next? Al-Qaeda is hiding in Cuba because it is anti-American? New Zealand is harboring terrorists because it doesn't want US nuclear powered ships coming into dock?
Terrorism is a stupid ideology for the desperate; it merely creates more damage through the use of aggression. The United States approach on the issue is too aggressive and its shot gun targeting is ineffective.
If the United States wishes to be proactive in the war on terrorism it needs to properly define the terrorists they target and stop using it as an excuse for political revenge or gain.