September 11, 2001 was a defining moment in history. It showed that the wars of the future are not going to be fought between various countries but it will be fought by countries against small splinter terrorist organizations. Terrorism and the fight against terrorism is not a new idea. The idea of terrorism has been around for about forty years but the terrorism that the world sees today is a relatively new way to terrorize. Most terrorist groups in the past want to make a political statement and did not want casualties. Terrorist groups like the IRA and the Weather Underground would notify the authorities before they set off a bomb. But the terrorism the world sees today wants a mass number of casualties from every attack.
The Israeli Palestine conflict is the first example of terrorism as it is known today. During the Olympic Games in Munich, Germany a Palestine terrorist group took control of the Israeli Olympians sleeping quarters and killed several Israeli Olympians and took the rest hostage. Eventually all Palestine and Israelis were killed. Today the conflict is still ongoing and the Palestinians still use terrorist tactics to kill Israelis. It is a conflict that was the first to see the devastation that terrorist tactics have on a society. On a daily basis Israelis die because of suicide bombings.
The wars of the future are not going to be like the Cold War or World War II. It will be a war where the enemy lives in the population and one can not tell an enemy from a civilian. Forces will have to go door to door to flush the enemy out of hiding.
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How long would you predict the war on terrorism would last? You blog is great and has many good points.
I think the War on terrorism is going to take decades because we are fighting ideologies and beliefs and not for land or power.
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