Want to End Terrorism? End “The War on Terror!”
“How do terrorist groups end? The evidence since 1968 indicates that terrorist groups rarely cease to exist as a result of winning or losing a military campaign. Rather, most groups end because of operations carried out by local police or intelligence agencies or because they join the political process. This suggests that the United States should pursue a counterterrorism strategy against al Qa’ida that emphasizes policing and intelligence gathering rather than a “war on terrorism” approach that relies heavily on military force. ”
So says a new research report from the RAND Corporation. What is the RAND Corporation?
From Wikipedia: “The RAND Corporation (Research ANd Development) is a nonprofit global policy think tank first formed to offer research and analysis to the United States armed forces. The organization has since expanded to working with other governments, private foundations, international organizations, and commercial organizations. It is known for rigorous, often-quantitative, and non-partisan analysis and policy recommendations.”
The RAND Corporation has been a military think-tank since the late 40s, and they were even featured in the movie “Dr. Strangelove,” as the Bland Corporation… In the late 70’s, as an A1C in the Air Force, I recall reading their report calling terrorism ‘global theatre.’
Now, after 7 years of BushCo running an endless War on Terror, it turns out John Kerry was CORRECT! Police action is much more effective than military action. Rove and Co. and their bumper-sticker mentality made the SANE CHOICE seem crazy…
Today, there is no doubt… BushCo are liars.
Policing and talks stop terror, not military action.
Read Jane Mayer’s “The Dark Side.” If you are not terrified, you are not thinking…
These people are war criminals: George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, David Addington, John Yoo, Richard Perle, Scooter Libby, etc… These people are Predators, Savages… Enemies of The State.
May they face a jury of their peers…
May history judge them…