Cure for terrorism?

Question

Clearly military invasion hasn't quite worked..so what would be your solution? We're now hearing talk of attempting to solve the israeli-palestinian conflict- something that many suggested before even the war in Afghanistan- along with bringing in support from neighbouring middle eastern countries that were initially percieved 'evil' (for lack of a better word). I, for one, belive that some form of justice for the palestinians would be a great help for world peace..is there ANY other way to solve the critical division in the world today? opinions??

Brenda, it's funny how i've had so little responses when it comes to 'solving' issues, rather than fueling them huh..just to remind you the war in Afghanistan was an invasion, a conflict against the taliban regime...i think it's fair to say that with talk of their regrouping, that one hasn't been a success either...

Brainy-
I would certainly class that as terrorism. The issue is, how do we stop this on both sides? Like i said, invasion has proven not to be the answer- so how can we stop this worldwide conflict? HIndsight is all very well, but what should America, the UK and the Middle East do now?

nb. i'm not claiming that some middle eastern countries are evil, im just quoting the previous american sentiment towards them

Answer 1

I think its being proactive in learning what fuels them. Why are seemingly more people are drawn to these groups than ever before. What are these groups promising that these peole want or need and what is the government doing to push their people away.

I mean when the cia is saying the war on terrorism is spreading its flames you really gotta start thinking.

Answer 2

Long before restoring the Jews to their promised land was the issue, and even if they ceased to exist today, the cultural divde will remain, and the conquest of the world by a certain religion praising violence as teh means, will not vanish. There will be propaganda created about something else, same as the myth of "Palestine"or Palestinians existing before 1948. The arabs chose to move away as a means of protest, and the attack on Isreal began the day it declared itself a country. All the countries making a pitiful cry over the "Palestinian Question" are keeping people in horrible "refugee camps" since 1948, to use as a weapon against Isreal, lambs to the slaughter, rather than just integrating them into their population. So let's assume the Hitler clone in Iran carries out his promise, gets nukes, and wipes Isreal off the map, as the new hero of the muslim world, will he be content with that? He's already stated if most of his country was destroyed in response it would be a "acceptable loss." No, I don't agree violence is the answer, neither is surrender, the world can't survive bloodthirsty religions, it needs to come together under a modern code of civility and cooperation between nations if not people. the UN, like the League of Nations before it, is an expression of that dream, but so far human nature and failures thereof has made it's history questionable as far as making the world any safer or better for it's inhabitants. We are facing inevitable shortages of vital needs if the population continues to explode, and that in itself triggers war. terrorism of one kind or another has always existed, and "curing" it is about as likely as "world peace" before mankind itself becomes extinct.

Answer 3

these countries that you speak of and the groups you mention are not ones that I for one would want to sit down at a table with and ever hope to find solutions. the terrorist connections of everyone you mention show that trying a simple peace arrangement would never work. if they saw us do that, they would say we were weak. we would then find demands for more more more all the time. terror must be 'stopped' no matter what. the world cannot allow itself to be held hostage. peace doesn't work when the ideology you face sees only two options, agree with me or die.
oh, and do you not realize how involved iran is in terrorism? not evil????? yeh!!!!!!! right!!!!!!!!! but they sure ain't our friends, nor will they every be.
they must face iron will and an iron wall, and know they can't gain from terror, then, maybe, we can offer peace solutions that might actually be listened to.
let nato become what it always should be, a protection for everyone, or an ultimatum, whichever works

Answer 4

Terrorism is a tactic, not a disease. People have to abandon it. If people insist on targeting innocent civilians rather than military targets, their own communities need to abandon them. This applies regardless of whether they are Palestinean, Iraqi, Lebanese, Irish, whatever...

It's like asking about a cure for rapists, or serial killers. It's far from proven that by giving a particular group something they claim to want, that this will prevent them from killing others who disagree with them. What about the next thing they want?

Perhaps what they want most (above statehood or security or some other political goal) is simply to kill their enemies. In some cases there is no "cure", other than to reduce the number of offenders.

So first things first, groups must abandon terrorism as a tactic before they can negotiate. "Do what we demand or we will kill your citizens" just doesn't fly.

Answer 5

Most of all terrorism,stems from religion,in one form or another.
It's doesn't matter which religion you follow,although names and places are changed,they're all the same.
I doubt if there would be any truce between the waring factions,but why must everybody suffer because of different views.
It wouldn't do any good banning the subject,as it would only go underground,and probably get worse.
I can't see why we have to get mixed up in someone Else's war,if they want to blow themselves to pieces,let them go ahead,as long as it doesn't involve us.
Too many people interfere in business that doesn't concern us,and that's why the wars and terrorism keep on escalating.

Answer 6

People become terrorists because they are pissed off and in some cases because they are uneducated and easily led. They are easily led by other people who are pissed off and in some cases uneducated.

Bush and Blair work very hard pissing lots of people off on a global scale.

The unequal distribution of wealth world wide causes ignorance and poverty and crime and in extreme cases rebellion or terrorism.

Remedy, first stop Bush and Blair pissing so many people off and second realise that the educational underclass in many parts of the world and the crime it produces will remain as long world politicians continue to lack the wit to effectively tackle the unequal distribution of wealth and opportunity worldwide.

Answer 7

As long as there are humans that have differences of opinion on an issue, there will always be conflict.

There IS a way for world peace to come, but of course, that is a religious-based opinion, and you may not want to hear it.

Answer 8

Just curious. Since a sovereign nation(Iraq), was invaded by The US & UK, with no justification under international law. They proceeded to bomb cities such as Baghdad & killing almost 700,000 ppl mostly innocent civilians, would you not classify that as terrorism? And if not, why not?

Answer 9

Since we invaded Iraq, BEFORE it had terrorists, military invasion hasn't really been tried. However, since we attracted terrorists to Iraq by our invasion and haven't been able to dislodge them, we can conclude that invasion is unlikely to work in any scenario. Love could work anywhere, but few politicians are willing to try it.

Answer 10

if only someone could convince the palestinians to accept the Israelis as their neighbor, that would go a long way towards peace.