Well, yes, "War on Terror" is a useless phrase when used by those who don't think we are at war with terrorists. For those who think that if you simply ignore it that it will go away, then of course its a useless phrase.
And, yes, Israel certainly continues to experience terror. But given their proximity to the "enemy" (terrorists), their methods certainly seem to be more productive (effective) than any other country's approach. But clearly in "war" you have good days and bad..
Anyway, within the limits of how you wish the question to be interpreted, I suppose the simple answer is that the government ought to acknowledge that attacks will happen, and when they do, here is what the impacted folks should do... I mean those that survive the attack but might by ingured.
On the Daily Beast that reflects some of views regarding our nation's entry to the Age of Terrorism and our ability to live in this world.
Our borders were invaded by a foreign terrorist group that played by no rules of war and have no respect for humanity. They are unlike any force our nation had to face, they belong to no nation, have no real organizational structure, but they have this radical ideology. How do you combat them. How do you prepare the populace to deal with the fact that our leaders and our infrastructure will never be able to protect from "terrorism" foreign or domestic. Our leaders can only act to minimize the threat and act to minimize the impact of a successful terrorist attack.
This leads me to my point....Since the attempted on X-Mas attach those on the right have stated repeatedly that Obama isn't taking the "War on Terror" seriously. Apparently, if you don't shout Terrorism from the highest roof top loud or often enough, you're soft on terror. Those on the left state, that the Bush Admin created an environment where terrorism could spread unchecked because of the war in Iraq.
Regardless of your perspective, the central question is this. Do you believe that the current political environment is really conducive to ensuring the populace is equipped to live in a world where terrorist activity can occur at any time and that the terrorist activity can be either domestic or foreign? What do we need to do to ensure that the populace is prepared to live in this new world of terrorism?
OK, because you asked....
In the atmosphere of political correctness, no government can protect their people when that government insists on playing by a set of rules that defeat its ability to win...
I mean let's be real... when in the history of mankind, and more importantly, the history of war, has their ever been an instance of applying the constitutional benefits of the attacked party, to the person who did the attacking...
Here I am on the battlefield being shot at in a war. When I capture my attacker, he's going to be sent to courthouse in my home country and given a trial as if he was citizen of my country. I mean come on.... does anyone think you can win that kind of a war...
Like it or not, the Israelis have shown the world the most effective way to fight terrorism, and so far we haven't accepted the fact that they are right... In the battlefield, which is everywhere as it relates to terrorism, you shoot to kill, and you do everything you can to identify and target your opponent.
We, as a country don't have the guts for what it takes. The Russians did back before the wall came down. Ever wonder why no Russians were kidnapped in Lebannon, no Areoflot planes hijacked? Because teh bad guys knew the retribution would be swift adn terrible. The russians might not kill the bad guy, they'd kill his family, his pets, his neighbors, his cousins, his friends, anyone he knew. No virgins for them since they weren't martyrs and all teh bad guy did was bring dishonor and shame on his family.
We can't do that, hell we can't play loud music in their cells while their buddies whack the head of some innocent in u tube.
These are people who don't want to negotiate or discuss things, they want you and me dead. Period.
This is not really the answer I was looking for....We can all question how we execute the supposed "War on Terror" I say it this way because I hate euphemisms and in my opinion War on Terror should go in the same trash heap like War on Poverty, and War on Crime. They're really just meaningless slogans.
I would also say that the Israeli's have not solved their terror issue. They just strike back harder when they are attacked...it has not stopped terrorism from happening on their lands.
It is unrealistic to assume that the gov't will be able to prevent all terrorist attacks. It's a question of when it will happen not if it will happen.
Again...how does the gov't prepare the populace to live in this new reality?
Well, yes, "War on Terror" is a useless phrase when used by those who don't think we are at war with terrorists. For those who think that if you simply ignore it that it will go away, then of course its a useless phrase.
And, yes, Israel certainly continues to experience terror. But given their proximity to the "enemy" (terrorists), their methods certainly seem to be more productive (effective) than any other country's approach. But clearly in "war" you have good days and bad..
Anyway, within the limits of how you wish the question to be interpreted, I suppose the simple answer is that the government ought to acknowledge that attacks will happen, and when they do, here is what the impacted folks should do... I mean those that survive the attack but might by ingured.
At the Naval War College, I did several of my papers on certain aspects of future conflicts, what we called at the time, MOOTW, Military Operations Other Than War. Essentially what you do when you are not fighting nation states but trans national threats along clutural fault lines.
Everyone wants to be politically correct and say we can just buy the world a coke and they will all love us. They will love us when we are under Sharia law or dead.
One of the best books that came out recently is Ralph Peters Book. Strips away all the niceties and reaches the conclusion that we are headed to a war of extermination, sort of a final show down. Bad part is the bastards nuked Vegas, some of my favorite gals are there.
I'm beginning to think there really is a "supreme" being (god).... his name was Nostradamus..... I think one of his final predictions was muslim vs christians wasn't it? Or was it really a prediction if he already knew ahead of time what would happen since he controlled it... lol .... scary
Do the Obama-tron zombies know this? They will be so disappointed
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