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Today, America is faced with a challenging question: What is to be done about terrorism? There are not easy answers to this question. There are many options and methods to dealing with terrorists that the United States has used in the past. At times we have been successful in our efforts and at others we have failed. In Sun Tsu’s book The Art of War, he writes know your enemy, this is the most effective strategy in battle. But does America really know its enemy? Certainly, we have seen pictures of Osama Bin Laden and Yasir Arafat, and we associate them with terror. But these photographs are merely images of evil; they are not the basis of our struggle. To truly understand what we are dealing with we must understand the root of their motives: we must understand terror. To do this we must explore the definition of the word it self, what does it mean and what are the characteristics of terrorism. Then we can trace the historical evolution of terror throughout history starting with the French revolution and ending in the present day. From there we can discuss the motives behind the violence, what leads these groups to such fanatical means and what was their desired goal. In doing this we can more clea
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Another change in the evolution of terror is devices by which terrorism achieved. Weapons have evolved over time and terrorists have evolved to suit the change. With advances being made in technology there are also advances being made in terrorism. In early days groups like the Sicari used daggers to assassinate their victims (Laqueur 11). Later, the Noonday Volga, a Russian resistance group, used a hand delivered bomb to assassinate Tsar Alexander II (Hoffman 19). For many decades, The Irish Republican Army has been using car bombs and firearms to achieve its terrorist goals. While all of these examples are indeed frightening, there is something looming on the horizon that is far more dangerous, weapons of mass destruction. These include chemical, biological and nuclear weapons (Falkenrath 2). Many groups, which pose a terrorist threat, have tried to, or claimed to have acquired weapons of mass destruction but few have (Falkenrath 10). The instance of nerve gas in the Tokyo subway released by members of Aum Shinrikyo, a Japanese religious sect, is one of few examples of the implementations of these devices.
Many of the ideas expressed above have been considered quite controversial. Namely Pillar’s belief in America’s stance on dealing with terrorists. The United States has a long-standing policy not to cooperate with terrorist demands, to try and bring them to justice and to apply pressure to states that harbor and sponsor terrorists. The government suggests that it can identify states that sponsor terror while Pillar believes that it is not that simple. The government refuses to cooperate with terrorist demands and Pillar thinks that sometimes this is beneficial both in limiting further terror and bolstering U.S. interests. Bringing terrorists to justice is an idea that Pillar suggests could cause further attacks and not really address the problem. The one idea that Pillar does seem agree with is the policy of using other countries as our allies in our struggle. But even this has its problems, mainly, whom can we really trust and whom will we really benefit from? Pillar’s beliefs obviously contradict those of the U.S government. But he assures that selectivity is the best means to achieve the goals. He does not offer a solution to terrorism. The book merely states cautionary measures, which he believes the U.S. is not taking. This draws a lot of fire from those who strongly support the government and the policies, which it holds against terror. Being in opposition to the government is always a place where one may find one’s self criticized.
Another form of terror, which has evolved over the ages, is religious fanaticism. The Old Testament is a source that depicts the earliest forms of religious and political assassination (Laqueur 10). Other early religious terror campaigns include those of the Sicari, a Jewish faction that attacked other Jews, Romans and moneylenders and Ismailis, an Islamic faction that engaged in its share of violence at the time. Over the years religious violence has changed very little. Religious ideology is always dominant and fanatical. The violence can stem from one religious group denying another one rights, as is the case in Ireland with the Protestants and the Catholics, disputes over property as is the case in Jerusalem between the Palestinians and the Jews, and for many other reasons. Religious terror today has manifested itself in many forms, notably the current religious jihad (holy war) being fought by Muslims against the rest of the world. The quarrel in Palestine over rights to holy city is equally notable. Here the Jews and the Muslims have been battling for quite some time without success. United states intervention has only created more acts of violence, some of which has been directed at America. One can even find Christian Fanaticism in the United States in form of Christian identity groups who believe in resorting to violence to create a Christian Amer
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