Quote by Arinami
Quote by LigerZSchnider
You are right. No war is an "easy" war. But regardless how far any countries' technology is advanced, there is always a "low tech" way to undermine it. Terrorist exploit this to the letter. What Arinami meant by an "easy" war was the fact that there is a "known" enemy, with their own set of objectives. Here we are fighting a terrorist organization; no real command structure, no banner to stand for, no country to fight for. All there is for them is an ideal. And as you can see, every time you kill one, another takes his place.
Yep, that's what I meant. Thank you.
Leonardo:
I really don't believe there is an international effort against terrorism. The biggest dogs in this fight are the US and the UK-- most of Europe looks the other way when faced with terrorism. Look at Spain, who was attacked; what was their response? They didn't have one. France is more worried about quelling its domestic problems and Germany and Italy say nothing about it. It's a non-issue for them.
Truthfully, Europe has its head so far up its ass that it can't see the light of day anymore. Its countries have not contributed to the international effort in the least bit. They are not outspoken about terrorism, they don't make an attempt to stop terrorism, and throwing in a handful of soldiers and calling that "support" does not mean crap. That's pathetic of them, and extremely arrogant.
Include most of South America, and most of Asia-- almost the entire world in that, too.
Maybe it's because none of these countries have been affected by terrorism yet, and that's to blame for their blatant blind eye towards such a serious problem.
But it's only a matter of time before these countries are attacked with the severity of what the US felt back on 9/11 and the UK felt back in '05.
Until then, they're safe in their own little bubble, and that's all that matters.
You nailed it right on the head! As long as it doesn't affect them, or happen to them, they don't feel that terrorism isn't a big deal. Terrorism was just the third page news in the international section in the United States 1 year before 9/11......in fact it was like that one day prior. However, in places in the Middle East like Lebanon, terrorism was commonplace......almost like the way of life there. Then you have countries that believe in the pacification of man........they rather rehabliitate, release, or harbor dangerous indivisuals that can threaten even the ones who are trying to change them. Britian was on the forefront of this idealology until the term "homegrown terrorists" entered their vocabulary.
