Can you fight a war on terror conventionally?

Question

Okay terrorists kill people at will and at random. I don't care about what they think is at stake or what they believe anymore when they kill children still being wrapped in blankets and held in their mothers arms. So do you think we should allow a war to continue by conventional means? Or should we fight terror with terror. Bomb their schools. Blow up cars down their streets. Hit them at random until they bring all their terrorists up for execution in the public square on national TV.

Answer 1

I think like this:

If we doit your way "Fighting terror with terror" will make them scared, but just for a few days, and only will scare the good people. The terrorist will not be scared or intimidated so the result in this kind of war will be more agreson, more killings. First of all i think that nobody is interested in wat is causing the terrorist to do such things. It's not right to kill children i know that but if you do more damage to them they will only respond with more killings because they are aware that they will keep doing terror until somebody dose something to make things calm down.
You say to hit them at random but how do you know ho to hit at random. Couse if you hit enybody you will be another terrorist. And you will be judgde the same way. So it's better to help them not to take away everything they have.

For example in IRAK is a big deposit of OIL. What do they protect ? Wright, The OIL reserve. Because it's theres.
E.g.: So if we take your "bike" ,your thing, because you spent money on it you wont be glad. And you will press charges on me. Corect? So if i leave your bike alone you will be hapy and we will be friend and maybe some day you will rent that bike to me. And so we will be both happy.

Anger dose not bring happyness.

Answer 2

In a sense you have a point, but unfortunately I don't think you have the understanding of what is actually happening to realise that it is not JUST the terrorists that are in the wrong here.

It is true that conventional warfare will never work. However, no warfare will because no war was ever won on a battlefield, they end around a table through discussion and debate. This said, the reason for the terror attacks is that the western world (mainly the UK and the US) feel we have a right to dictate to other countries on how they conduct themselves. This causes these 'rogue' countries to attack when all we really need to do is keep out of their business.

We do not have the right to tell other countries how to conduct themselves. If the argument is that Iraq etc. should not be allowed to make weapons of mass destruction for example, then why should we? Who are we to say one country can't but we can? The terror attacks would stop and there would be no need for warfare if we just kept out of other peoples business. We don't want other countries telling us how to operate, so we shouldn't tell them.

Answer 3

The best way of fighting terrorism is to stop being terrorists: Stop bombing and invading other countries, withdraw support for the ICTY/ICTFY (injustice institution in the Hague), Bring Penis Clinton and Mad Albright to justice for what they did in the Balkans etc.

Answer 4

"Bomb their schools"? "Blow up cars down their streets."

I get your point, but how do you define which are "their" schools or their streets? There are terrorists hiding out in Pakistan, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. I don't think we want to start randomly blowing up bits of our 'friends' the Saudis (the biggest oil exporter in the world).

Hell, they're even hiding out in Berlin, London and New York. The attacks on London were done by 4 British people with normal jobs living in normal streets. So unless you want to start blowing up streets and schools everywhere in the world nna this plan really wouldn't work.

Answer 5

the War on Terror is going to be just as effective as the War on Drugs
There will be alot of money wasted and alot of Innocent people hurt.
Are country already bombs any terrorist camp they can find.
Terrorists don't have schools to blow up
The best way to win against the terrorists is to maintain our "free" way of life.
The more that we invade other countries and generally stick are noses where they don't belong then the more support terrorists get from other countries and the easier it is to recruit young kids to there side

Answer 6

No, because we never expected four planes to be used as a weapon and a sick message to our country. Until 9/11 airline personnel were instructed in what to do in the event of a highjacking. Terrorists will stop at nothing to prove their point.

Answer 7

dropping the war or Terrorism? i think of no longer. There hasn't been a effective attack on US soil in purely approximately 7 years. I say that's tremendously damned good whilst in comparison with different countries. And particular, we tried to make it a international subject. each and all the UN has finished is twiddle their thumbs like they constantly do.

Answer 8

"An eye for an eye only makes the whole world blind" - Gandhi, and John Lennon

"Evil begets evil, Mr President. Shooting will only make it stronger." - Father Cornelius (character from film "Fifth Element")

"Frustration leads to anger; Anger leads to hate; Hate leads to suffering." - Master Yoda (character from film "Star Wars")

Perhaps these are not the kind of advice you want to hear right now. You want people to support your argument, to say "yeah, kill em all for what they did to us." Perhaps your in emotional pain, grieving, and seeking vengence. You want justice to prevail, and most of all you want to start feeling safe again. Well I have news for you. You were never safe, and you never will be safe, regardless of who wins what, who dies and who has the guns, bombs and aircraft. And you will always feel like justice has died too, without giving you the sweet revenge you think you need.

Unless ... you forgive them. Not because it's the christian thing to do, or cause someone said so, but because you choose to. You can choose to stop your suffering at any time, to relinquish your hate, and to begin to heal emotionally.

Therein lies your salvation!

Answer 9

Keep watch for terrorists at all times!

Answer 10

You cannot fight a war against an emotional reaction.