I think terrorism is extremely effective. Not in the amount of people killed or injured but in the damage it does to the Western way of life. Stock markets plunge, million dollar security systems are purchased with borrowed money and a general climate of fear pervades.
For a fractured groups of militants with varying objectives, a cohesive and predictable response is impossible - and undesirable from a militants point of view.
2006-07-19 04:12:23
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answered by Anonymous
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They are just an annoyance, like a swarm of mosquitos that won't go away.
The reason for this is that Americans are very optimistic in general, and after 9/11, we quickly got back to a state of, "It can't happen here," even though it HAS happened here.
Also, regardless of how one feels about the war in Iraq, our military forces have tied up the efforts of tens of thousands of would-be terrorists who were forced to become insurgents instead. This keeps them from focusing on the homeland, and their efforts are not as effective against a prepared, armed military force as on an unprepared civilian populace. So what the terrorists ended up doing, in reality, was creating a whole bunch of trouble in their own backyard...a LOT more trouble than they've caused in ours.
I think the biggest impact they have had on us is financial. We have started spending billions on homeland security, and some of our market components have been hit, i.e. oil and gas.
2006-07-19 04:10:37
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answered by ? 3
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The Christian west has not revived a modern crusade against Islam. If you and the Prof. Huntington don't mind having your hands cut off, stoned to death, your women reduced to a sexual organ and lawfully beaten, and forced to practice Islam, then you're on the right track of defending those who would love to enslave you.
As far as the terrorists weapons, as long as they fight like cowards, they'll be able to sustain themselves for a very long time.
Carry on.
2006-07-19 04:07:24
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answered by kathy059 6
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2016-12-01 22:05:15
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answered by cornn 3
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You get better results with honey than vinegar.
The Muslims made big mistakes. Well, actually Bin LAden did and it rocked the apple cart.
Muslims have been slowly setting up staging areas (Mosques) around the world. They are in every country, including Denmark and Sweden.
Walk softly and carry a big stick should have been their motto.
They better not try their tacts in the US, because Joe-Bob and his boys down south are far better at terrorism. There will be bodies hanging from the pillars of hte mosques.
Some Amerians are experts at terrorism.
2006-07-19 04:11:32
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answered by Anonymous
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Terrorism is very affective in building fear in the weak and cowardly. It is effective in building anger and vindictiveness in the stout-of-heart.
The terrorists are finding it harder to attack America, so they have turned on their own people and European countries in hopes that the weak and cowardly will put enough pressure on America to make it leave the Middle East and let the terrorists return to power.
Israel is the only country to deal with terrorism in the right way. It is cruel, but the terrorist are cruel. America, France, Russia and Germany should pay attention to how it should be done. When you bring the nations that harbor terrorist armies to their knees, and their own citizens will not protect them, then there will be peace in the world.
2006-07-19 04:15:38
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answered by Anonymous
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Using terrorism against the western world is a real mistake from muslims. They can wound with this weapon and even weaken this western world, but by the end they will lose, because violence engender violence. And this way of fighting soil their image more and more. And any way violence is not a noble manner of winning something.
2006-07-19 04:14:19
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answered by dexers 1
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I suspect that if Islam really thinks that their behavior is going to win they should consider that most Western countries can send a missile around the world and land it on a spot smaller than, say, the Kaaba.
Just an example.
2006-07-19 08:48:39
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answered by mckenziecalhoun 7
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You have it backwards, the terrorist groups are using the same plots and lies as the Nazi's did. ROFL I just heard according to iran the Jewish soldiers they captured were in Lebanon! ROFL, notice how conveniently no mentions ever made of the eight that were killed when these two were taken?
2006-07-19 04:06:13
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answered by sealss3006 4
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they are fighting for their culture's life, and it is being attacked
I don't know if it is effective, I don't think they can win, but really its all they have and they will fight
they are like the native americans were 2 centuries ago
2006-07-19 04:04:08
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answered by anonacoup 7
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