If we really want to abolish terror in the world,should we not begin at home first?

Question

Who can really point the finger?
Anyone know what the Uk and USA are really up to?

If we have 'blind faith' which is really a 'sugar coated' term for 'ignorance', for our governments, are we responisble?
They exploit this to the max. So the way to stop it might be....................

Answer 1

I believe the way to fight terror cannot be just by force whether it is at home or across the world. We need to look at the basic problems and try to understand why "terrorists" are doing what they are doing. Are we not getting the messages?

Discrimination is a big issue. Those being discriminated will not rest and they think they need to make noises to get their messages across. Too much faith in their Gods is another problem. There is no chance that we can change their beliefs by increasing suppression by force.

If we are not able to help them overcome problems, we are not solving terrorism effectively. If we can improve our society and theirs - even though maybe only slowly will begin to bring hope, we are moving in the right direction. Terrorists do not see a future and thus they are willing to give their own lives. If they see a future for them, we may be able to convert them back.

The question is timely as we need to show by examples in UK or US that Muslims are well treated and have truly equal opportunities - for example.

Answer 2

At home for sure, How many terrorists were bullies i wonder. Bullying is the first form of terror any human will witness.

Education is the key, religion doesnt need to be promoted in schools, it should be demoted and forgotton. it should be taught only at home, and not forced into people.

Respect should be taught firstly at home, then at school and beyond. If there was more respect between people, there would be less bullying.

With religion not confusing people with thoughts of a better world and promises of greatness so farfetched you'd think steven spielberg wrote the bible, and with respect nailed into all of us from an early age, where would terror then come from.

Dont blame govt,s, blame poor education from the moment a terrorist is born!

Answer 3

Haven't a clue what my government is doing, and yes putting blind faith in them is like committing suicide.
Teaching our children kindness and consideration should definitely start at home, some parents expect teachers to do it (if you ask me those are the ones that should have kept their legs closed).

Wasn't it said somewhere that Osama Bin Laden has such a huge family that if one terrorist dies two take their place? Thought I read that somewhere. SO my point is fighting terrorism is going to be a historically long battle. Its a fight against something, or I should say someone that has no reasoning and I can't say its a waste of time - because I for one would so love to see an end to it, but its going to take some time and I think "we the people" should be supportive of at least terrorism coming to an end it would benefit the entire world.

How can anyone point the finger? Were you there (where ever there is) to know exactly how this started? I know I wasn't so who the heck do we blame. Don't you think people in the middle east want to live in peace, don't you think they want to raise their children in a war free zone, isn't that what this war is about?? SO we are told, hard to say. People need to point the fingers at themselves, before you go judging others. Only ONE can judge and its not US!!

Answer 4

What would it take for you to commit an act of terrorism?

Or for me to commit such an act?

One definition:
"Terrorism proper is ...the systematic use of violence to generate fear, and thereby to achieve political goals, when direct military victory is not possible. This has led some social scientists to refer to... terrorism as the “weapon of the weakest.”" (see source)

If I try to find an example from history where I myself might be inclined to commit a 'terrorist' act, the first thing that comes to mind is the resistance movement in France in WWII. If lives and a peaceful and secure way of life were at stake, I might just commit these evil acts if I could see no other way. But for me even this would be extremely aggressive. I would, perhaps naively, hope to find a more peaceful way of fighting a war.

Wouldn't you?

But terrorism can be seen throughout written history. This leads me to think that there is something in our nature that inclines us towards terrorism as a solution to certain problems, or to achieve certain goals.

Maybe this is the 'home' where we should begin looking for cause and prevention. The home of terrorist and politician alike..

Answer 5

You cannot abolish terror - its a ridiculous objective.

Even if they managed (which they never will) to get rid of the main terrorist organisations, when do they then draw the line. How can terror ever be defined?

None of has any clue what our governments are up to, and thats a fact, not a matter of opinion. They have so much to hide and anyone who puts blind faith in them need their heads read.

Stop the world - I want to get off!

Answer 6

No it should not. The current war on terror started because it became clear that terrorists might obtain weapons of mass destruction from "rogue" states and that they would actually be willing to use them (since 9/11).

So this means we can not ignore "rogue" states and the terrorists they are supporting because they could do lots of damage.

Domestic terrorism is still a problem but it is being pursued throughly by local law enforcement.

Answer 7

I find terrorism an odd thing. When ireland was really suffering from injustice we did not have terrorists. People in palestine have suffered many injustices, but apart from confronting the initial threat, they are not by nature terrorists.

Look at aparteid in south africa- could things have been any worse? They did not turn in to terroists but actually died and were imprisoned not only for their cause but for basic human rights!

Terrorism is not the answer. The uk and usa are corrupt enough for sure, but terrorism has been given a cult status. It is too involved with brainwashing, money laundring and drugs to ever be admired.

Answer 8

Terrorism begets terrorism. Hate begets hate. The U.S.A. is probably the most untrustworthy government in the world today, especially because of its hypocritical stance. It proclaims itself to be a global peacekeeper, and yet it wages war on nations that in no way threatened, provoked or attacked the U.S.
In the case of the U.S.A., it's "really up to" trying to keep its OIL supplies from being depleted, knowing that it has made its citizenry completely dependent on OIL and there would be a revolt if suddenly OIL wasn't available.
Besides, Dick Cheney and his friends at Exxon-Mobil keep getting richer and richer and richer as long as the demand for OIL remains high in the U.S.A.
So, the U.S. invaded Iraq for OIL, pure and simple....and it will NOT WITHDRAW from Iraq until every drop of OIL has been sucked from Iraq's sands. Why else would the U.S. be building the largest embassy in the world on a 104-acre site in down town Baghdad overlooking the 'new' puppet Iraqi government the Bush administration has installed? We will be there for decades - or at least until the OIL runs out. The U.S.A. never had any interest in bringing democracy to Iraq. It's only interest was OIL. And, the nameless, faceless sub-humans who really control this country behind-the-scenes have ordered Bush to go after that OIL at any cost. So what if we kill 655,000 Iraqis and 2,800 U.S. soldiers in the process. That's just a cost of doing business.
The U.S.A. will invade Iran by spring, 2007 - for the very same reason: all those rich fields of easily-accessible OIL.
As for the U.K., I can only imagine Tony Blair believes the U.S. to be its strongest ally, and does what he does out of blind loyalty to a country that used to be a global peacekeeper and world leader, but has now been reduced to the world's newest 'evil empire'. Until George W. Bush and his band of criminals (including all members of the most incompetent, contemptible, cowardly, arrogant, greedy, corrupt U.S. Congress in history) is thrown out of office, or exterminated, the United States of America will continue its downslide to becoming a third-rate super power. -RKO-

Answer 9

i believe there is a conspiracy between the U.K government and the U.S. Bottom line between Blair and dopey Bush,i wonder who writes the rubbish in his speeches and who pulls his strings to make it sound right .Stop all democracy's from manufacturing and selling weapons to the 3rd world or any country's suspected of supporting terrorism. U.K and U.S 2 of the biggest suppliers.i wouldn,t be surprised if the U.S trained Osama-Bin-Laden in use of weapons and terror tactics

Answer 10

I totally agree with you. There's been a lot of discrimination going on in the UK & USA- especially on the basis of religion.