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Originally Posted by Grey2000
Serious question ..
Do you see terrorism as a criminal threat or a military threat ?
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Terrorism is a criminal threat and should be dealt with as such. Treating it as a mililtary threat simply serves to legitimize the terrorist's actions.
The military response to 9/11 and other terrorist actions has done more than anything to support Al Qaida's position that the US is an imperialist force with designs on controlling the Islamic nations (i.e. the Middle East).
The prevaritcation of others on this issue stems not from the unwillingness to do anything about Terrorists it stems from a lack of understanding about root causes of terrorism in the Middle East, the fact that terrorists in question are not a unified force and that the attacks being labelled "terrorist" are happening to both civilian and military targets.
It is being presented to most people in America (via the media) in a rather confounding way. Grey2000 you confuse a lack of clarity with a lack of conviction.