We can not predict the acts of terrorists, as we live in a world of uncertainty and chaos with death and destruction surrounding us everyday.
From the moment we get up until we go to bed,we are constantly bombarded with it's images,in the newspapers,on the radio and on television, as daily horrific scenes are played out on the world stage.
If anything, 9-11 showed the world that freedom and democracy are to be valued and charised,because without it ,we would become a terroist state,where power is taken and controlled with the barrel of a gun and where human rights do not exist.
Two world wars where fought to stop the spread of evil and terrany from engulfing the world in it's grip,so terrorists and their tactics are nothing new to contend with.
The fight against those who want to destroy has been an ongoing battle,with both sides claiming small victories over the last 50 plus years,but in order to totally end terrorism we must try to understand the enemy while at the same time never under estimating them.
This is where the West has always had a problem,because we have a tendency to see ourselves and our way of live as better than other countries or cultures.
The West is the great melting pot and we find it extremely difficult to understand, why the entire world does not want to embrace our of concept of freedom and our way of living,after all, we have the highest standard of living anywhere.
The one important fundimental thing that the West often forgets is that,in many countries there have been centuries of blood feuds over land,politics and most importantly religion.
In these countries, we are often seen as infidels and morally corrupt people who are trying to force our evil ways on them,so they resist by any means possible and thus the act of terrorism becomes their weapon of choice,as it inflicts not only physical damage but more importantly physcological damage on it's victims.
The result of terrorism has the West living in a constant state of fear and distrust,as we must look at everyone as a possible terrorist threat and there fore we increase our security to guard against any future attacks.
What is happening now,especially in the United States,is that they are taking a more proactive role to weed out suspected terrorists and to destory their bases of operations where ever they are percieved to be functioning in the world.
Right or wrong the problem of terrorism will never be solved at the end of a gun barrel because it's not so much a physical problem as it is an idolological one which has been ingrained in the hearts and souls of many of these terrorists since birth...
The invasion of Iraq has done little if anything to stop the ill feelings of the Arab world against the West and to be so righteous in our thinking as to truely believe that a democratic style of government will be able to survive or even flourish in Iraq seems to me ,to be a totally absurd concept and doomed to failure.
Only time will tell if this experiment in democary will work especially in a country and region of the world, which in it's entire history has never had it.
What of terrorism?as long as peope feel trapped or enslaved, they will always choose the most powerful means to convey their anger against their oppressors and with it cause the most damage, so in today's world, it is the act of terrorism!!
From the moment we get up until we go to bed,we are constantly bombarded with it's images,in the newspapers,on the radio and on television, as daily horrific scenes are played out on the world stage.
If anything, 9-11 showed the world that freedom and democracy are to be valued and charised,because without it ,we would become a terroist state,where power is taken and controlled with the barrel of a gun and where human rights do not exist.
Two world wars where fought to stop the spread of evil and terrany from engulfing the world in it's grip,so terrorists and their tactics are nothing new to contend with.
The fight against those who want to destroy has been an ongoing battle,with both sides claiming small victories over the last 50 plus years,but in order to totally end terrorism we must try to understand the enemy while at the same time never under estimating them.
This is where the West has always had a problem,because we have a tendency to see ourselves and our way of live as better than other countries or cultures.
The West is the great melting pot and we find it extremely difficult to understand, why the entire world does not want to embrace our of concept of freedom and our way of living,after all, we have the highest standard of living anywhere.
The one important fundimental thing that the West often forgets is that,in many countries there have been centuries of blood feuds over land,politics and most importantly religion.
In these countries, we are often seen as infidels and morally corrupt people who are trying to force our evil ways on them,so they resist by any means possible and thus the act of terrorism becomes their weapon of choice,as it inflicts not only physical damage but more importantly physcological damage on it's victims.
The result of terrorism has the West living in a constant state of fear and distrust,as we must look at everyone as a possible terrorist threat and there fore we increase our security to guard against any future attacks.
What is happening now,especially in the United States,is that they are taking a more proactive role to weed out suspected terrorists and to destory their bases of operations where ever they are percieved to be functioning in the world.
Right or wrong the problem of terrorism will never be solved at the end of a gun barrel because it's not so much a physical problem as it is an idolological one which has been ingrained in the hearts and souls of many of these terrorists since birth...
The invasion of Iraq has done little if anything to stop the ill feelings of the Arab world against the West and to be so righteous in our thinking as to truely believe that a democratic style of government will be able to survive or even flourish in Iraq seems to me ,to be a totally absurd concept and doomed to failure.
Only time will tell if this experiment in democary will work especially in a country and region of the world, which in it's entire history has never had it.
What of terrorism?as long as peope feel trapped or enslaved, they will always choose the most powerful means to convey their anger against their oppressors and with it cause the most damage, so in today's world, it is the act of terrorism!!
