Is there really anyway to win the "War on Terror"? I don't mean the war in Iraq.?

Question

Does anyway really think that there is a way to win this war on terror that our American government has declared. We could still win in Iraq - Although I don't think it is possible with our current leadership.

Remember our "War on Drugs"? How did that turn out? We thought that we ended the possiblity of a nuclear holocaust with the fall of the Soviet Union. Now we have a possibly worse threat growing with Iran and Korea. These countries would use their nukes. I don't think the Russians or us were really ever phanatical enought to use them.

I was listening to the remake of the "land of Confusion" from disturbed. Started thinking about this.

Why can't we all just get along.

Answer 1

it sucks, but the basic idea here is that the only way to be completely safe at all times is to have ALL of us completely guarded and stripped of our personal freedoms removed at all times. there will always be someone out there that wants to mess with other people because nobody listens to their point of view. and little by little, our personal rights are being taken away. because of the actions of a few people, we're searched at every airport, our phones have been tapped, our bank records are checked by the CIA, and if you say "this is crap" you're called an anti-american, or "you side with the terrorist". and are we any safer? no.

i'm not saying i have all the answers, because i certainly dont. but, i refuse to live life huddled away in a box and stop interacting with the rest of the world.

and yeah, it turned out russia wasnt as strong as we thought, and they probably werent quite as crazy as iran and north korea, who may at some point try to blow up the world.

(i just saw disturbed again at ozzfest. they did that one. it was pretty sweet).

Answer 2

I do not think that this war can be won by any government. You have chosen an excellent comparison in the "war on drugs." I personally believe that most of these "holy crusades" that politicians start is for one of two reasons. And both are really grounded in the vanity of the politician!
The first reason is to create a smoke screen. If a politician can get the attention of the "masses" focused on some particular "danger" then other more important matters can be conveniently ignored. This is the reason for the "war on terror" in my opinion. There are other issues more vital to America, such as the price of gas, the condition of our economy to name just two. Why bother trying to straighten out our economy when you can just declare "war" on terrorism? It is much easier, and hides inefficiency quiet nicely.
The second reason is to leave a legacy for the politician. Every politician that reaches the level of president/prime minister/whatever wants to leave a "legacy," some monument to what they have done. And what easier way than to declare "war" on something that is popular at the time? And guess what? The "war on terrorism" fits here, too (though I believe it is mostly motivated by the first reason).

Answer 3

Yes we can, just do it like the British finally with the IRA, the Germans did with the Bader-Manoff, Italy did with the Red Brigade and Clinton did with the '93 WTC and the Oklahoma City bombing. Treat them as the common criminals they are, catch and prosecute them. Also instead of a guns and bombs foreign policy, win the hearts and minds of the Muslim world. Build schools and hospitals instead of destroying them. It will bring us more good will, save life's and be alot less costly.
Also did you know that not only was he not caught but Bin Laden got what he wanted. When he declared his jihad against us it was for 2 reasons. One was that there were American soldiers based in the holy land, defiling it. The other was that we were paying to little for Saudi oil. He thought we were more or less stealing it from the Saudi people. Bin Laden thought the price should be 200 dollars a barrel. Bush has closed the base in Saudi Arabia and oil is going up in price everyday. So it seems to me Osama won and we lost.
As for winning the war in Iraq, didn't you know we have already won. In May 0f 2003, when Bush landed on the carrier the war was won. He declared that major combat operations were over. The battle for Iraq had been won. Our armed forces have done an excellent job. But now we are an army of occupation, and all occupations must come to an end!

Answer 4

The way to win the war on terror is to elect a new government. The main terrorists in the world are the secret services. The war on terror was initiated as result of 9/11, which was said to be conducted by terrorists. If you have the time to spend to study every aspect of 9/11, it becomes quite apparent that it was an inside job, and that there were no terrorists, So the war on terror is another false war. Just as the war on drugs is a false war. The same people are the biggest drug runners, and the biggest terrorists, being CIA, MI5, and Mossad.

Answer 5

We all can't just get along because the radical Muslims of the world want to KILL US! You understand that much I hope. They do not like us or our way of life, there only job in life is to kill.
As for the war or terror we have no choice but to win, unless you want to worship Allah and turn our nation over to terrorists. Myself I will do everything I can to keep from another 9/11, again is that what you want?
Last, we are winning the war in Iraq. Talk to the soldiers on the ground they will tell you. Soon our mission will be complete and we will leave. Your best point is Iran and Korea, we may have other places left to visit.

Answer 6

A lot of people have called into national radio stations and said that
nuclear weapons are the best thing to get rid of Hezbollah.

But not everyone wanting to harm others wouldn't even be there so how would that help?
Besides war begets war and just like when you hit your brother he is going to just come back and hit you.

I believe that nuclear war will start by Sept. 12, 2006. Look it up and see what you think.

Answer 7

you're maximum suitable in that the respond will matter on the guy asked. some will say that the conflict has already long been won; Saddamn is long previous and we've rid Iraq of prohibited WMD. some will say the conflict could have been won as quickly as we rid Iraq of the terrorists who come to Iraq to combat the individuals. some will say the conflict could have been won whilst it is risk-free for American traders to capitalize on the privatization of Iraq's as quickly as-nationalized financial device. some will say the conflict could have been won whilst Iraq is politically reliable and in a position to police and look after itself. like it became under Saddamn. some will say it could have been won if basically it have been greater useful-controlled. some will say that the conflict became won initially, then that victory became squandered by utilising mismanagement, and that the surge will quickly have re-snatched victory from the jaws of defeat and we basically could wait and see a splash longer. some will say the conflict became particularly lots won yet that the liberals and communist terrorist-lover democrats ruined it by utilising encouraging the enemy and demoralizing the troops, prolonging the conflict indefinitely. some will say it became a misbegotten fiasco that became lost the 2d we marched around the Iraqi frontier.

Answer 8

The problem with the US approach to the "War on Terror" is that you can't fight this war in the conventional sense of pitched battles fought by clearly uniformed soldiers to determine who owns what piece of land. If this were the case, we'd win in about three days! This war is totally different. You can't differentiate the combantants from the civilians. The enemy is among us. You don't need to kill thousands to wreak havoc. Look at what a handful of men in the UK did to us this week - totally disrupted normal airtraffic without killing one person!. 9/11 killed only a few thousands, and it disrupted our economy for years.

As many experts would tell our current administration, if they would only listen and stop being so frickin greedy, is that we have to actually begin to make life better for the huge underclass in this world which consists primarily of Muslims. Muslims didn't just wake up one day and say, "let's kill all the westerners!" They have been driven to it by generations of poverty and repression. There have always been extremists like Bin Laden, but now we, ourselves, have recruited untold numbers of ordinary people to his cause by our arrogance and ignorance. We will never win the war on terror because so much of the world is against us now, who really didn't care before. We didn't learn anything from history -- Rome and Britain, for instance, never were able to sustain their far-flung empires because they didn't win the hearts and minds of their subjects.

Once we begin to address the reasons that they people are against us instead of just trying to kill them, then we will have peace.

Answer 9

I doubt it!! But somehow we have to try! Most say terror is due to problems in the Middle east.?
What would happen if all the Arab nations and their terrorist proxies like Hezbollah set down their arms and gave up their ambitions to drive Israel into the sea?
There would be peace in the Middle East.
What would happen if Israel disbanded the IDF, junked its nuclear weapons and declared to its neighbors that she would do anything to live in peace?
Israel would be annihilated, millions of its citizens killed. The term genocide could be used to describe the ensuing holocaust, but since that term has been so hopelessly debased by American academics, a new term would have to be created like super-duper-mega genocide to really capture the nature of things.
There cannot be a lasting peace with groups like Hezbollah. They exist to wage war. Just today on the putative eve of peace, as Nasrallah allowed the Lebanese army into Hezbollah-land he vowed that his organization would nonetheless not waiver in “fulfilling our national and jihadic obligations (against) the Zionist enemy.” Would there still be terror,yes. The battle goes on.

Answer 10

The radical Muslims want the infidels dead. How much clearer to you do they have to make that known? They have said it over and over and over again. They just pronounced it yet again in the last month. I realize it's hard to grasp that people want you dead just because you want to live your own life. But they do. They see a Muslims ran world. And most of us don't figure into that plan. So yes, we can win the war on terror. We were told it would not be easy nor short. We have to be on the offense in the war, and hopefully those nuts will see that living in the mindset of 500 years ago is not the way to be. This is now a civilized world.