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Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Dude, terrorism is the warfare of the powerless.
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Exactly. "Terrorism" is a semantic repckaging of the never ending struggle between the haves and have-nots. The have-nots change their tune from time to time, alternatively grabbing the banners of righteous political change or religion when either suits their ends, but in the end, its always the same battle... The disenfranchised seeking power through force. The war on terror is absolutely unwinnable because there is never going to be any system everywhere where everyone is happy. Even in the progressive Scandanavian countries you find militants assassinating politicians. Perhaps the only system that effectively minimizes terrorism is Chinese Communism, where they execute just about everyone who even thinks about fucking with the state. But their day of reckoning with Islam is coming soon. Its only a matter of time until one of these waterheads decides to fuck with the Godless Communist Infidels.
In the end, there are three options:
1. Stalemate. Small skirmishes between organized societies and Islamis radicals. Constatnt state of "when will the other shoe drop" - where we are presently.
2. Wholesale persecution/elimination of radical Islam everywhere. Pretty tough gig. They breed like locusts. Maybe you can get the Pakistanis to shut down the madrases and you can splinter militants into cells so small their capacity for damage is minimal, but I don't think you can get them all.
3. Isolationism. Give up the Arabian Peninsula and shore up the defenses here. Let Europe deal with the Islamists. Not likely to happen for a variety of obvious reasons.
We're stuck with #1. For the rest of your natural life, we will wonder when, if at all, Islamists will "drop the big one." The really shitty thing is its a Cold War we can't even win - Radical Islam can't be collapsed like the Soviets.
