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Originally Posted by fatboy
Don't you think they can be indiscriminant while still being selective? They select the country, but don't care who they kill there.
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No, this doesn't work. We do not make any differenciations regarding terrorism. All they do is killing people. Their maliciousness is universal. It makes no sense to select a specific country just to murder people. If this would really be their goal, they would strike in countries where they can achieve that goal very easily. Please see below in my reply to startup's post what I mean.
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Originally Posted by fatboy
To answer your question - no, the US should not fake a terrorist attack. Shouldn't a war against terrorism have overwhelming support without it? Or is there a reason to believe that there is something good in terrorism?
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No, a war against terrorism
must not have an overwhelming support.
At least not when its fought the way it is. It is the most stupidest thing to believe you can go to war against a social phenomena like terrorism.
The logics of war don't apply to a confrontation with a NGO: attack a country, win the war and the bad boys is gone. How could this work with an international NGO? It doesn't. That's why no longer the terrorists themselfes are in the focus of the 'war against terror', but countries who are supposed to have ties with terrorists. Yet this strategy fails (take a look at Afganistan or Iraq). By removing the leaders of those countries terrorism didn't diminish, on the contrary.
I hope you are beginning to understand what I mean? I fear if we will continue this stategy and remain unsuccessful, e.g. we attack more countries but the rate of terrorist attacks all over the globe will still increase, we will loose the trust of the people. Especially if the attacks of Al Qaida will only happen in countries who play a very active role in this war against terror (hence my "recommendation")
"What the hell? It costs a lot, soldiers die, civilans of other countries die, but we are in greater danger than before" (A spanish friend of mine said something simliar)
Of course I don't justify terrorism. On the contrary, I want to get rid of it but the current strategy will strenghten terrorism, not weaken it. I fear in the years to come more and more people will loose their faith in this strategy, resulting in an implicit approval of terrorism, and that's what I fear most.
If you want to fight terrorism you have to eliminate the cause of it, not just the symptoms. Otherwise the cancer will return, stronger than ever.