Terrorism

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This paper explains that, because the wide variety of destructive avenues and methodologies opening up to modern terrorists are so numerous, the nature of terrorist threats appear intangible and too general to efficiently combat or even to comprehend. The author states that the U.S. policy regarding war and terrorism has continued to be a search for ways to generate immediate and short term gains at the expense of the rest of the world. Essentially, the U. S. continues the pursuit of a neo-imperialist empire to maintain its grip upon the planet's resources. The paper suggests that there may never be a preventative cure for all forms of terrorism, but a governmental policy that soothes international and inter-social disputes may eliminate the desire of individuals to inflict pain and death upon others.

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"The war is further devalued by the incongruity between international laws regarding terrorism, the United States' definition of terrorism, and the subsequent methods by which the U.S. has endeavored to fight terrorism. Fusing these notions together suggests that the United States government is almost as guilty of terrorist acts as the leaders of the Al Qaeda; the primary difference being that, with the United States, there is usually an intermediary involved, and it is not apparent that any acts engaged in by the government could be perceived as acts of terror for the purpose of global demonstration-any association with terrorism has been in connection with a substantive goal."

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