Could the United States employ private military companies to fight terrorism with terrorism for psychological, economic, and political purposes?
2007-04-09 15:09:19 · 4 answers · asked by Mister D 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
No. Terrorism targets defenseless civilians, and this is inherently immoral and a poor tactic from our point of view. There might be a justification for unconventional methods, but not terrorism.
2007-04-09 15:26:02 · answer #1 · answered by The First Dragon 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1. Do we already do this? Throughout history, many people would say that we have.
2. At what point do you lose the war on "terrorism" because in the process of fighting it you resort to terrorism and therefore there is still terrorism in the world. The only thing that would be changing is the people using it.
2007-04-09 22:15:29 · answer #2 · answered by joecool123_us 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Now there is a novel idea. Do you think that Hallibertin has a unit in development? I'll bet that they do, only they call them "advanced security services" or something like that. There seems to be enough armchair warriors that say they would go. Let's start a grass roots movement and get it initiated and send a bill for the president to sign...
2007-04-09 22:14:46 · answer #3 · answered by auditor4u2007 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not legally. It's against the law. Political assassination is also illegal. It does frustrate me when I feel we are playing by the rules and our enemies are not, but we become them if we go down that path.
2007-04-09 22:14:21 · answer #4 · answered by mark 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋