What country should lead the efforts against terrorism and what should the foreign policy be?
What country should lead the efforts against terrorism and what should the foreign policy be? For some reason I can’t come up with my own answer. I always say "United States" but I can’t come up with a reason why the states should lead.
Well, in ordinary times one might say that the United States should lead the fight against terror. But these aren’t ordinary times. The U.S. is in an awful economic situation and they don’t have any money to spare. So far, the only method the U.S. has for fighting terror is to launch large scale wars, such as the ones in Iraq and Afghanistan. And those wars are simply too costly in terms of money. They cannot financially afford to keep fighting the War On Terror in that manner. If they are going to fight the War On Terror, they’re going to have to get much more creative. I’m not saying they should do it on the cheap. But they simply cannot get bogged down in costly never ending wars against an undefined enemy.
Iraq should lead it, and should kill all those who falsely accused them of terror
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Well, in ordinary times one might say that the United States should lead the fight against terror. But these aren’t ordinary times. The U.S. is in an awful economic situation and they don’t have any money to spare. So far, the only method the U.S. has for fighting terror is to launch large scale wars, such as the ones in Iraq and Afghanistan. And those wars are simply too costly in terms of money. They cannot financially afford to keep fighting the War On Terror in that manner. If they are going to fight the War On Terror, they’re going to have to get much more creative. I’m not saying they should do it on the cheap. But they simply cannot get bogged down in costly never ending wars against an undefined enemy.
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If you take a look a the cause of terrorism, and who the most acts of terrorism is directed at, it wil no doubt show the United States and our foreign interests, and those of Britain are the targets.
What seems to be the reason, as reported by Osama, is that our constant interference in the Arab affairs, and the blind obedience and support of Israels atrocities in the region, are the reasons for the 9/11 attack.
So, in light of these reasons, I would have to say that the United States could, and should be the driving force behind stopping these attacks, and this could be accomplished by minding our own business for a change, and let the Arab nations settle their own problems,and quit supporting Israel, and above all, get the hell out of the middle east.
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You suffer from a common error that assumes that terrorism is best addressed at the state level, and that it somehow should form the basis for foreign policy.
Terrorism is nothing new–all nations have employed it throughout history. One’s terrorist is another’s freedom fighter.
Terrorism usually springs from a feeling of injustice, so any meaningful attempt to do away with terrorism must deal with that perception first. Since not everyone will agree that injustice exists (note I said it is a "feeling" and a "perception"), that is a difficult task.
Secondly, when terrorists strike, they usually do so because they feel powerless. When Doolittle led his terrorist bombing raid on Tokyo, he did so because the US wanted people to think it wasn’t powerless to strike at the Japanese. In fact, it took three more years and two atomic bombs before the US was actually powerful enough to invade the country.
Note also that most terrorist attacks are domestic, not foreign. 9/11 is a major exception. And by definition, there is no such thing as a terrorist attack against a military target. What governments often call "terrorism" isn’t that at all.
For the United States, fighting terrorism would best be done by the FBI, which has the training and the resources to do it. This applies to both domestic and international terrorism. In some cases the armed forces may be required to assist, but eight years in Afghanistan has proven that the armed forces are incapable of eliminating either terrorists or terrorism.
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