What do you think we need to do to prevent a terrorist attack that we are not doing.?

Question

and yes i know it is impossible to prevent but we are throwing money at it and will continue to do so - where would you toss it

Answer 1

"Humint": human intelligence. Long ago efforts should have been made to develop a corps of intelligence officers (career employees) and agents (contractors and contacts) who could infiltrate Islamist cells. The way organized crime, even MR-13, is infiltrated and spied upon. This could have been done by working over the years with students studying in US universities, with expediting immigration for families of those who cooperate, and so on.

The previous Answerer supposes that appeasing terrorists will have some beneficial effect. Always remember "Peace in Our Time", Neville Chamberlain and Europe. Bin Laden's propaganda about Sweden is just that. He didn't attack Switzerland either because neither is a major exporter of culture nor a major player in the international economy, nor does it have troops abroad (unless you count the Swiss Guard at the Vatican and any Swedish troops working with the UN).

It is true that US foreign policy is imperialistic, greedy and based on a Crawford, Texas wordview. But the US is, for obvious reasons connected with its size, wealth, status as a target for immigration and its existece as the sole superpower, the quintessential target.

In reality, the US is also immune: the death of even tens of thousands of individuals can have little impact on its strength: but while such deaths and property destruction are pinpricks (as indeed even Katrina, far more serious than any terror attack was), they are propaganda successes that damage US self esteem far beyond the physical damage caused.

Answer 2

The US could start by not practicing military and economic terrorism against other countries.

Osama bin Laden once asked the US public, "Why didn't we attack Sweden?" When you figure out the answer to that, you'll know what the US should be doing - or rather, NOT doing.

Answer 3

not impossible, just blow up the middle east

a more reasonable approach would be to check for terrorists, not nailclippers at the airport

Answer 4

Guns to secular regimes in Islamic nations, we f'ed up by removing Saddam, he was a great suppressor of our enemies in Iran.

Answer 5

protecting our continent,my family and yours.look at the starving people in the world. give them an open gate to usa.having food & a job, aint that the american way?

Answer 6

No one takes luggage period. Buy what you need where you are vacationing or doing business.

Do not allow international flights or cruises.

Eliminate them with snipers, merc's or whatever manpower is available.

Answer 7

we need to appease all the terrorist countries and give them one huge group hug!

Answer 8

have tighter security at the airports.. people are still getting thru with stuff they shouldnt

Answer 9

Improving the mideast countries, instead of invading them because we think they have WMDs...

Answer 10

we need to stop supporting the jews and pull out of iraq...