Do people HONESTLY believe there is a military solution to this " war on terror " ?

Question

If so, what is it exactly ? I don't see one.

BirdS: We are using military force to grapple with political problems and.......how's it working for us so far ?

Hmmmm
Obviously some people do think this problem with terrorism has a military solution...but I am at a loss to know what it is. I saw this coming years ago.

Answer 1

I think there needs to be a political solution reinforced with the military.

In some cases the military needs to be a tool used by the government to keep its policies. If a state is sponsoring terrorism, or funding it, or directing it and we confront them using diplomatic means and they dont stop we need to have a military option.

Answer 2

Is the military the ultimate solution to the war on terror? No. But it will play a part in the solution. We can't kill everyone who thinks like our enemies do, but on the same token, we can't just sit back and let them kill us. Honestly, I don't think there will be a solution. The Muslims and Christians have been killing each other for a thousand years. The Jews and Christians have been fighting each other for centuries. The Jews and Muslims have been fighting for centuries. Racism, sexism, prejudice, and bigotry, not to mention hate, jealousy, and fear, have existed since the dawn of time. We can't win a war against a way of thinking. No matter if we leave Iraq as it is right now, or if we leave it a big patch of fresh warm glass, we won't win the war on terror. Really, we can't reason with our enemies, we can't wipe them out, and we can't coexist. So what do we do? Just sit back and let them kill us?

Answer 3

Terrorism is a physical thing. REAL people died on 9/11 and physical things were changed. When people want to physically harm us, kill us, and annihilate us. Politics are supposed to make it go away?

I think not. The war on terror is going to be a hard war and will need as much support as possible. You liberals don't help at all when you complain and gripe. Why would you argue for a bill of rights for men that would seek your death and destruction. They are the enemy and should be treated as such.

As long as a man will burn an American flag in a foreign nation out of hate and as long as a AK-47 is fired at American troops, this will always be physical, real, and done by the military.

I strongly support military action in terrorist nations.


P.S. Don't b.s. about Iraq not being a terrorist nation, either way we took an EVIL man out of power and the world will be a better place because of it. Saddam Hussein committed evil, horrible, inhuman, senseless acts of violence and lust. It was only in his nation at the time, but with such an army as he had, how long would it be before he used it again? How long should we have waited until he had nuclear weapons capability, How long should we wait for innocent lives to be lost?

Answer 4

I hate to be the one to point out the obvious, the "war on terror" is currently being fought in Iraq. Problem. There has been no evidence linking Iraq to the terrorists we are trying to fight. All we are doing in Iraq is inciting a whole new group of terrorists, the Iraqi people, they don't want us there, and 60% of them think it's OK to kill Americans. That's bad.
If there is a military solution, it should be fought in Afghanistan, a country that is willingly harboring terrorists, and is OK with telling the world that they support them. If, I said If, there is a military solution, that is where it aught to be fought.
Because our current "military solution" isn't solving anything, it's just creating more problems.

Answer 5

HONESTLY do you think burying your head in the sand will be the solution to the war on terror? Do you think talking to people that want to cut your head off, ram planes into your buildings and strap bombs to themselves to kill you will work.

Take a look at our "friends" in Europe. Spain elected a government for the sake of surrendering to the terrorist, they still face the same issues. Or how about your French buddies, they have riots in the streets courtesy of Islamofascists. In Germany a new poll says 71% fear Islamofascists, but they are the surrender kings. In your world they would be the safest.

Answer 6

Well if we start being practical and bring back a quick firing squad for captured terrorists and improve our tactics. Yes. There is nothing in the laws of war about enemy combatants. if your fighting and not in the military of a recognized government historically one can be shot on the spot or later after a fair trial. If we keep fighting this way, it's gonna be a long time, and a long war.

Answer 7

The problem is that they are attacking us using our own technologies. Surely it will be impossible to win using military force as our senior military advisers are starting to realize. However we must maintain military vigilance to keep them at bay until we can initiate another strategy. What that strategy will be is yet to be decided so maybe you can offer some solutions. Terrorists are not just going to lay down their arms and say they are sorry for killing people. In fact what do you tell someone who is willing to commit suicide just so they can kill you?

Answer 8

Yes there is.
If you are not in the military or involved in coming up with a solution then it does not matter to you.
Are you in the military Plank?
You saw this coming years ago? Are you a fortune teller?
I am more inclined to believe you are full of crapola.
None of what is going on with the war on terrorism applies to you because you are not putting your neck on the line. All you want to do is cry about it.

Answer 9

"Terror" ME fr MF terreur, fr L terror fr "terrere"=to frighten; akin to GK "trein"=to be afraid. (n) a state of intense fear. How do you kill, capture or destroy an emotional state? The whole concept of a "war on terror" was ludicrous from the onset. It's like the "War on Poverty" of the '60s, it never had a chance of working.

Answer 10

No, this is a war over conflicting ideologies. It is impossible to erase an entire way of thinking by force and replace it with another.