After seeing so amny small wars, crusades and coalitions againt "terrorism" I wonder whether we really can win through military might. For example, our country (UK) followed Americas latest military action in Iraq. We were followed a swift end to "Weapons of mass destruction", yet we are still loosing troops in Basra, and Baghdad. If we look back to northern Ireland, or the situations in the Balkans, it should be clear that our current tactics do not work, and only lead to more hatred and more insurgents.
At the moment we shoot terrorists, and often civillians in the process. These mistakes allow radical people to brew hatred and fear within the minds of young people. It is this which causes even more terrorists to appear, attacking more of our landmarks and cities, which in turn fuels our "crusades" against terror.
This is a cycle that has run for centuries and will continue to run unless we break it. We need to break the source of the problem. Do you agree?
2006-08-17
10:40:51
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Kieran B
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