Do you think that terrorism can be eliminated?

Question

If yes, how? If no, isn't the war unnecessary? Why fight if you can't win? Is there another option? And please don't call me a terrorist sympathizer. Trying to understand HOW something operates is not the same...

Answer 1

No way. Consider the unibomber. We're always going to have to "police" terrorism. Let's just hope policing it can be done without a war to submission.

Answer 2

Another excellent question HH. Yes I do believe that we can eliminate terrorism by attacking the root cause of terrorism. The root cause are nations like Iran & Syria. We should use our military capabilties on them and crush them into submission. We need to do what we did in WWII and that is not to worry about civilian deaths. War is hell and it is horrible to see human life extingushed BUT if the nukes were on the other side - the terrorist would use them on us. Diplomacy hasn't worked in 40 years so why will it work now? The only thing they seem to understand is being soundly devestated and humiltated. It worked for Saddam and the other dictatorships and that is what we need to do.

Answer 3

America's in a fix cuz terrorism can't be fought with tanks and aircraft carriers. And America loves that stuff.

We got fundamentalist religions that brainwash young guys, who like all young guys are already eager to prove their bravery, to bomb targets. The religious leaders think their causes are advanced by this process, and maybe it is to some degree. But violence won't solve any problem long term.

The religous leaders can't maintain their leadership with the internet and satellite tv filling peoples heads with different ideas. That has a lot more to do with terrorism than any one country's objectives. America's been a bastard in the world since ww2, but terrorism is fueled by more than our actions.

And the whole 911 thing was done by probably no more than 30-40 people. How many billions is does it cost america?

There are millions of muslims in the US, mostly living better lives than their counterparts outside America. You'd think that would help.

You'd think increased security and smart bombs would help. Is Israel having more or less terrorism these days? It doesn't appear to help them.

I hope that fundamentalist religions are dying out, that would be our only hope.

Answer 4

War in Iraq is sooo unnecessary. SIMPLE - No WMD, No Terrorist.

If we invaded every country that harbored terrorist we should have started with Saudi Arabia that's the country most of the 9/11 highjackers were from. Oh, and none of the 9/11 terrorist came from Iraq.

Iraq didn't have terrorist during the first gulf war.

Answer 5

I don't think we can eliminate it all together but I think we can reduce it. First off we can not do it with Bush in office. He has breed to much hate for American and he can not fixed this problem. Once we have a new leader we can try and start over to a certain extent. We will not be leaving Iraq no matter who is in office so we will have to work around this. Pull most of the troops out, give the Iraqi people a steak in rebuilding their own country and not just using US Contractors. We would have to establish a relationship with Iran where we can meat eye to eye on certain things that are beneficial to both our countries. We have to make them and Syria a business partner so to speak. People will say are you crazy we dont negotiate with Terrorist..BullShi* we are very cool with Saudi Arabia. We have to establish a Strong economy for the people in the Middle East to cut down on the poverty level which brings people to Terrorist Cults. In short we need to make friends over there because if you don't have friends you have enemy's and enemy's attack you. Its sounds like a fantasy and it is. I don't think this will happen but it is the only thing that can work. Do we attack Canada? NO..... why because they are our friend. Its all about making friends. We have to let bygones be bygones.

Answer 6

Who in god's name wants war? well some sick power hungry people but who can blame them, they are afterall sick...

but all this killiing and fighting, when will it end?
As a soldier, when you kill a son his mother will dispise you, when you kill a husband the wife will dispise you, when you kill a brother the sister will despise you....
so when will all the fighting stop?
When everyone dies?
How do you determine the victor?

Question is who are you fighting for?
If you want the war to end, fighting wont make any difference....

does everything have to be in violence?
does fighting really solve anything?
all it does is bring destruction, death, massacre...
so how does a war end?
when each side has no man left to fight?

Terrorism, a current headache to governments around the world
and i ask again, what does these terrorists hope to achieve?
a better place for their people?
a place of fear and violence?
or simply to be heard and that their beliefs are supreme?
so they continue to blow things up, kill innocent people to get noticed, get killed etc etc.. so when will it stop? When the people in their organisation are all killed? If so, what purpose does it serve in the first place to have chosen the life of being a terrorist? To say what they are doing is a holy act but tell me what religion actually promotes violence?

Maybe wars are inevitable, they have been going about ever since ancient history...
but its just that i dont see the reasoning behind it... why it occurs in the first place...
like this saying goes... "guns dont kill people, people kill people"
how true...

Answer 7

Sure all it takes is a new word/term.

Gorilla fighters used to be the rage. All the Commie media talked about Gorillas. Then it morphed into "Terror"

My guess is they will be tired of that word soon and start with a new term.

I like Islamofascist it has been tossed around this forum for some time. If the media switches to it the IRA will receive an instant rhetorical pardon.

Go big Red Go

Answer 8

It can be controled, but never eliminated. Well... the war is not necesary... and it's almost always the strongest country that declares war, because they know that they have a chance to win, and the weaker country has no option but fight... they can't just stand there and watch how they get killed!, so that's why the weak country fights, even though they have no much chance of winning!!

Answer 9

Impossible by definition.

"Terrorism" is a tactic, not a nation or a group. It has been around since the beginning of time. As long as there are people willing to "terrorize" others for some purpose, it will always exist - unless you eliminate all peoples willing to use "terror."

If we are going to invade countries who harbor or abet terrorists, shouldn't we invade Massachusetts, etc. and kill all the Irish who provide monetary support for the IRA? Just a thought.

Answer 10

It's kind of contradictory that the countries that fight to eliminate terrorism are the ones that has committed some of the most terrorist atrocities in the world. To stop terrorism those nations should start purging themselves

Answer 11

Good question.

I do not think that terrorism can be eliminated. I think that it is going to be around for a good long time. The reason is that in order to end terrorism, you need to do one of two things. Either do away with the conditions which cause people to believe that terrorism is the right thing to do or kill them all. I don't see either of them being done.