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While he was a high-ranked person in his terrorist organization, Al Qaeda operates in cells. There are an untold number of men with the same amount of power as Bin Laden currently plotting against the United States. Killing Bin Laden most certainly did not eliminate the terrorist threat faced by the United States. In fact, it may have provided additional motivation to young terrorists throughout the Arab world. Killing Bin Laden did nothing to increase domestic security from terrorism. Therefore, his death had very little significance for national security. To understand how Bin Laden's death could be important politically and figuratively while having very little literal value, it is important to understand these two distinctions.
Legitimacy of the U.S. Led War on Terror
The War on Terror is, like its predecessor, the War on Drugs, an unwinnable war. There is absolutely no way to end terrorism through war. The very things that encourage people to engage in terrorist behavior, such as global economic disparity, religious difference, perceived cultural indifference, pain, and suffering are all exacerbated in a war-like environments. Therefore, declaring a war on terror actually leads to an increase in the number of potential terrorists in the world. Moreover, the fact that countries may be considered friendly to terrorists, but the war on terrorism is not declared...
Is it in any way appropriate for the U.S. government to engage in activities that will result in a greater number of deaths of non-combatant civilians than would result if it failed to engage in those activities? From a global ethical perspective, it is impossible to answer that question affirmatively.
On the other hand, the U.S. government is not responsible for the safety of all of the world's citizens, but it is responsible for the safety of the people in the U.S. While there are a number of extremely valid criticisms of the War on Terror, the fact is that since 9-11, there have not been any terrorist attacks on U.S. soil. A decade without a terrorist attack is a much longer period of time than other countries that have been targeted by terrorists, including by Al Qaeda. Therefore, it becomes difficult to discount the idea that this War on Terror has led to something positive for the United States. Moreover, one must consider what the war has done for American morale. How would the U.S. have reacted had Bush failed to say he was going after the people behind 9-11? When one considers those possibilities, the war, though unwinnable, seems fare more legitimate.
Davids purports that the MNF would operate under U.N. jurisdiction, with the Organization of American States as its head. (Saskiewicz, 2006) in his review of Davids' book, Saskiewicz (2006) notes that Davids " does not address the difficulties associated with sharing intelligence with foreign nations, nor does he prescribe a means by which this could be accomplished." In turn, he leaves the impression, based on interpersonal relationships and camaraderie,
Narco-Terrorism Narco- terrorism can be seen from a number of perspectives. The term is commonly applied to the use of terrorist techniques by drug traffickers and dealers to distract attention from and facilitate drug abuse. An accepted definition in this regard is as follows: DOD) Terrorism conducted to further the aims of drug traffickers. It may include assassinations, extortion, hijackings, bombings, and kidnappings directed against judges, prosecutors, elected officials, or law enforcement
At times terrorist succeed and at times they fail. Some times they have larger and long-term goal and some times they have short-term aims. For example, a group hijacking a plane wanted some immediate results like release of the prisoners or financial gain but blowing a plane into a building would definitely mean that terrorists wanted something big out of it. Sometimes terrorists want to just cause panic and
Mexico: Terrorism and Organized Crime The convergence in numerous means of organized criminal activities that include terrorism and drug trafficking is a developing concern in the United States and the entire world. Some professionals in this filed imply that the increasing number of cases of terrorism and organized crime groups are jointly coordinated and the trend is increasingly developing into a worldwide phenomenon (Rollins 2). These occurrences pose a great and
Forum on Terrorism International relations refer to interactions among countries and other global entities. These interactions almost always center on international issues or problems like crime, which affect all of them. Through international relations, nations can influence one another reach decisions most beneficial to all. One most disturbing issue, which affects all nations and impact international relations, is narco-terrorism. Billions of dollars have been infused into the war on drugs yet
Political, financial and most of all ethnic interest are going to "to further muddle the results. Perhaps most dangerous is that the results did not yield a Parliament whose ethnic proportions match those of the country, and will therefore be perceived as unfair, whether the seats were won by fraud or not." (Rubin, 2010). The other two perspectives to be taken into account in terms of the development of the