The terrorist nature vol 2

This continues the post that I started here.
previous Post

As shown above the battle against terrorism is a wildly different from the communist threat, and requires a new set of tools, which is what the bush administration has done.

In the next post I will go into the nature of terrorists, what terrorist need to survive, and the proper strategy that we should take against terrorists.

I don't think that the difference between the terrorist and communism is really well stated in the previous post, so I am going to restate my views with some added ideas. I will do some back tracking, but please bear with me.

It is a fact Islamic terrorism and communism are both evil threats that need to be confronted head on. Both are threats that seek to destroy America, and both are threats, which you cannot make peace with or aim for a truce with. Though on a tactical level, the threats are wildly different.

In the earlier post, the writer made the argument that we should solve the terror problem by solving the Israel problem. Which the Israel problem was the last of three reason to attack America in the 1998 statement by bin ladin, so I some how think that solving the Israel problem will not end out struggle against terrorism.

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Communist and Islamic Terrorist have similar goals. Both want to spread their particular form of ideology around the globe. While their goals are similar, the two different situations happen in radically different times. With Reagan's passing, I have learned a little more about this method of dealing with the communist threat.

The USSR was on equal footing with America as of the early 80's, we shared the world's top spot for the world's most powerful country, and we where involved in a cold war which relied on MAD to keep the balance of power that had been struck.

With terrorist we have the top spot, and there is no balance of power that needs to be kept. Additionally, there are no principles such as MAD in place. The terrorists we are fighting are not afraid of being destroyed, which makes this fight more visible, bloodier, and a whole lot scarier.

Another difference between the communist and the terrorist is the method of attacking the US. The communist used conventional warfare, which the build up of their armaments and the preparation for attacks, can be easily seen, where as the terrorist are fighting an asymmetric war. The terrorists will come in small, well-trained, dedicated groups intent on killing as many as possible.

I have already stated the transnational nature of the terrorists, but now I wish to contrast that quality against the national nature of communists. The two groups are polar opposites in that regard.

Additionally, the adaptability of the communist was more limited than the transnational terrorists we now fight because of their ties to the nation state and big government. There is no bureaucracy to go through to bomb the US in the terror organizations.

While the enemy we fight now is smaller than the USSR, the new enemy is no less scary. It is more adaptable, quicker, more restless, harder to track, less rational, and wants destruction of the US, not just ideological dominance. The nature of the terrorist organizations, which we fight, can be seen in the fact that the crack down which we have arranged has hurt the enemy, but it has also driven it further under ground, making it harder to track.

And I repeat...
As shown above the battle against terrorism is a wildly different from the communist threat, and requires a new set of tools, which is what the bush administration has done.

In the next post I will go into the nature of terrorists, what terrorist need to survive, and the proper strategy that we should take against terrorists.



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Asymmetric Warfare

Above is a great link about asymmetric warfare, I have not read any of the articles but plan to.