TimmyBoy
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One of the common myths about terrorism is that it is the "weapon of the weak" or the "weapon of the poor." Terrorism is not the sole weapon of the weak and poor. It is also the weapon of the rich and powerful.
However, the weak and the poor do resort to unconventional warfare when faced with powerful armies like that of the United States. Hit and run guerrilla tatics or terrorists who blend in with the American population, lead normal lives and then turn to attack high value US targets within the US. This makes it very difficult for powerful countries like the US to combat through their superior force alone. Terrorism is like a strategic form of guerrilla war, much like partisan warfare is a tatical form of unconventional war on the battlefield. Where in partisan war, the enemy attacks a much more powerful enemy, inflicts a few casualties and then vanishes into the night to escape the army's counter attacks. This could happen where the enemy is a civilian who is friendly towards an occupying army during the day, smiling, waving and offerring hospitality and then turning around at night and killing the same soldiers they were nice to. Terrorism is a strategic form of warfare, designed to harm a nation's economy and to do so in an unconventional manner, to also hide in the shadows before striking.
So, when a nation like the United States is faced with an enemy like Al-Queda or the insurgents in Iraq who use un-conventional warfare, what is the best way to defeat such opponents?
However, the weak and the poor do resort to unconventional warfare when faced with powerful armies like that of the United States. Hit and run guerrilla tatics or terrorists who blend in with the American population, lead normal lives and then turn to attack high value US targets within the US. This makes it very difficult for powerful countries like the US to combat through their superior force alone. Terrorism is like a strategic form of guerrilla war, much like partisan warfare is a tatical form of unconventional war on the battlefield. Where in partisan war, the enemy attacks a much more powerful enemy, inflicts a few casualties and then vanishes into the night to escape the army's counter attacks. This could happen where the enemy is a civilian who is friendly towards an occupying army during the day, smiling, waving and offerring hospitality and then turning around at night and killing the same soldiers they were nice to. Terrorism is a strategic form of warfare, designed to harm a nation's economy and to do so in an unconventional manner, to also hide in the shadows before striking.
So, when a nation like the United States is faced with an enemy like Al-Queda or the insurgents in Iraq who use un-conventional warfare, what is the best way to defeat such opponents?