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Two Reasons The 'War On Terror' Will Always Fail
Submitted by Justin Pavoni via The Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity,
If we want to get to a world where terrorism isn’t such a regular tragedy, governments need to start recognizing the fact that the so-called “War on Terror” is a self-fulfilling prophecy destined to foment one thing and one thing only: more terrorism.
The Big Picture: The problem arising in the wake of the recent mass-murder event in Paris and the subsequent French bombing of the Islamic State (also a mass-murder event) is that the two acts (and hundreds like them) serve as justification for more of the same from the other side. They provide fuel for each other’s fire and the situation, not surprisingly, continues to metastasize.
The great paradox at play is that as the West continues to attack the Islamic State, the organization’s appeal continues to grow among those who view the West as an adversary. Nobody knows exactly what causes radicalization but my best guess is that its appeal will continue to increase as the West continues to respond to violent events with exponentially more violence in turn. Such has been the trend thus far.
Why Terrorism? Terrorism is likely to spawn from a number of things, such as a bankrupt ideology, a sense of injustice, and disenfranchisement with the status quo. Regardless of the exact origins in any particular case, there are two primary reasons that the “war on terror” will continue to fail (assuming the goal is to reduce the number of terrorist attacks and the rampant increase in radicalization). Reason #1: Western violence (the principal prescription for fighting terrorism) is also the primary motivation behind successful terrorist recruiting efforts. Reason #2: Western attempts to overthrow heads of state under the guise of fighting terrorism provide an incredible opportunity for terrorist organizations to take root in a more institutional fashion. Let’s discuss these two phenomena in more depth.
Reason #1: Regardless of their origins, where terrorist movements gain the most strength is from the fact that they can point to objective injustices perpetrated by western nations (whether well intentioned or not). Violence begets more violence and Middle East bombing campaigns by Western countries are used to rally otherwise moderate people to nefarious causes. This is also one of the reasons terrorist movements are able to grow beyond an extremely small and fractured group of individuals.
Bombing campaigns are a major contributing factor to radicalization, and the principal motivation Western democracies should be concerned about…because it is one of the few factors they have legitimate control over. The moment a bomb kills a single innocent person – man, woman, or child – it facilitates ten more terrorist sympathizers. What’s more is that even if the bomb kills actual terrorists, it’s still providing rampant material support against the cause of “fighting terrorism.” How many bombs has the United States dropped in the last fifteen years? Millions. In how many countries? Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Libya, Yemen, Somalia, Syria and probably a great number more that are largely classified operations.
Seen in this light, is it really hard to understand why terrorist movements are growing and becoming more unified? It’s much easier for a terrorist to convince the average person to hate foreigners when foreigners are actively bombing their country, either through boots-on-the-ground invasions, drone warfare, or manned bombing campaigns.
Reason #2: The second thing that facilitates terrorism is the active attempt to overthrow established governments with force. Despite the fact that Sadaam Hussein was a tyrant, Iraq was not a terrorist haven while he was in charge. He was certainly a criminal dictator, but he didn’t put up with terrorists. Compare this to the emerging reality in present day Iraq now that he’s gone. Or consider Libya. Muammar Qaddafi was also a tyrant, and now that he’s been removed (courtesy of a Western air campaign), his former country is a jihadist wonderland.
The UN resolution designed strictly to “protect civilians” was used as an excuse to act as the rebels' Air Force. Should it surprise us that “good” rebels might be fighting alongside “bad” rebels? The entire campaign did little more than make a bad situation much worse.
Next, consider Syria. Western governments, led by the United States, have been actively supporting militia groups trying to overthrow yet another head of state, Bashar Al-Assad. The hypocritical reality is that the militia groups in Syria are fighting in common caucus with the Islamic State against Assad (who somewhat legitimately calls them all “terrorists”) while simultaneously fighting against the Islamic State (and thus on the same team as Bashar Al-Assad himself). Is it really a mystery why the region is such an overwhelming disaster? The narrative of fighting terrorism is completely undermined by the obvious reality of ulterior geopolitical motivations.
Conclusion: The truth is that the political war hawks in the United States aren’t solely interested in combatting terrorism (an otherwise legitimate concern). They’re also interested in forcefully removing those from power whom they don’t like (whether it means an aggressive war or not). If the two interests align: great. If not, they do their best to brainwash the public in hopes that the blatant hypocrisy of their position doesn’t outshine the international “villain” of choice.
At present, the foe-du-jour is Bashar Al-Assad. Now Assad is clearly not a benevolent dictator, but what happens when he’s gone? Will the replacement be that much better?
Do we have any right to choose a replacement to govern other people? Can you imagine if a foreign country was doing that in the United States? You may or may not like former President Bush and you may or may not like President Obama, but do you think it preferable to have a foreign country (e.g. Russia or China) undermine them with force? That’s absurd. And it would rally a whole bunch of Americans to fight against the common invader. Would it be legitimate if Russia or China subsequently labeled such people as terrorists? Of course not. It is no less absurd for America to behave in such a way. Contrary to the theoretically possible idea of actually fighting terrorists (which is largely impractical in reality due to the nature of terrorist ideology), overthrowing foreign governments is a completely illegitimate and imperial motivation. Until we accept this reality and get back to the legitimate defense of our own country, terrorism will continue to gain momentum.
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The war of terror is much like the war on drugs, it's all bullshit... Yet another control mechanism created by the power elite to keep the sheeple in fear... Tear that fucker down!!!
RE: ALL war
From the source of funding and consequential destination of profits made,
Its the snake eating it's own tail.
There's only one reason the war on terror will fail...
IT'S DESIGNED TO!!!
The whole charade is contrived... having bogeymen whom TPTB can use to consolidate power, gain territory for Irsatz Israel, and make trillions of dollars in the morbid process... all while wrecking nations and killing innocent human beings. This is historically their modus operandi and entirely in their nature. We KNOW why they do it. So... you sleeping, teeming masses, WAKE UP and let's put an end to their parasitic rule over us once and for all! Stop being distracted by all of the effects and start focusing on the causes.
Reason #3: Because the 'War on Terror' was born of a fraud.
Lies don't last and often times - and for a time - the truth is forgotten.
It all depends on one's definition of 'fail' in this context.
It is most certainly 'success' in the minds of the small number of power elite.
A war on terrorism is a lot like a war on holes. You keep dropping bombs on the holes to get rid of them and, of course, you get more. Same with terrorists.
The author of the article set the context, not me.
Quite right. This article fails to address the reality and purpose of so-called "Fourth Generation" Proxy Warfare, which is to blame somebody or something else (e.g., an imaginary or hired bogeyman) for your own rotten policies and goals and behaviour. In the context of international affairs, we're given "Al Qaeda" and "ISIS," a bunch of hired mercs and military contractors who train, arm and provide logistical support to indigent, malleable local groups in order to carry out dirty work while enabling plausible deniability: "We didn't do it; blame ISIS (or whoever)!" It's a smokescreen, the geostrategic equivalent of "global warming."
Terror is a technique for manipulating the innocent by introducing a shock and supplying a prefabricated explanation based on lies. That's why it's always going to fail. All lies have a shelf life. Consider the open mockery of state-sponsored sting operations, especially some of the most blatant recent failures. The fact that FALSE FLAG is a household term shows that the idea is obsolete.
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. - George Orwell
Failure in 'War on Terror' is a feature, not a bug.
Failure in 'War of Terror' is a bug, not a feature.
I suppose that might provide a starting point for conversation, although it seems unnecessarily convoluted and runs the risk of audience dismissal unless you can clarify quickly.
the very concept of unending "terror" based warfare of your very own nation-state and a constantly reinforced "Big Lie" of 911 to maintain the national state of hypnosis through trauma based mind control. The integration of the pro sports leagues with Big Mic has been bought and paid for via Bankster fiatskis.
Humans naturally and optimally operate toward a LOVE based existence. Aberrant psychopathic power based people have taken the reins and those supporting the matrix from within find the alternative of attempting to opt out a very risky proposal ... the number of people taken out as examples to those on the wings ready to fly into a better world with them speaking their truth ... that number is not slight ...Radical Marijuana has laid out a pretty good picture of the nature of things as they are rather than wishful thinking of an idealized civilization ...
the deterrent card has been played ... is the dam ready to bust ? are you ready to speak up to your friends about what's happening?
say for example, the TPP - the text pdf is now online ... I've downloaded it ... but - other than ZH, the general opportunity to express something in a venue is lacking .... the TPP surrenders nation state U.S.A. sovereignty - Hello . Multinational Corp's control the direction. Surprised ? I've mentioned this to a few, including my father ... barely a hint of anything.... that being the state of things, there will be no turning back TPP and the succeeding alliances ... pretty wild, eh?
The deal with Assad is the Show du Jour fo Sure - tune in same Zero time, same Zero place tomorrow my Lovely ZHedgies
- how about this Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood event ? the AJ show had just rebroadcast a show which the guest was a woman who used to work for PP and is now against the organization and the whole "baby parts" thing ... odds are good this guy listened to that show... personally i think the rallying cry of the anti A group is being whipped up & radicalized ... this is more a symptom than a root - many are demonstrating that this is a intentional destruction/decay ... which I would like to emphasize that it is also part and parcel connected with the incredible number of assassinations/hits, etc. that was JFK all the way up to JFK Jr. & Wellstone ... 911 ... and subsequent coverup culture (lies)
these symptoms can be addressed better than trying to remove a necessary component of our way of life. I've always said that if a man could get pregnant, there would be abortion clinics all over the place.
I respect the AJ show for a genuine concern for humanity and the desire for healthy family units, as opposed to broken families and fighting about money ... the police state dea drug war .... the realization that Neo was onto something when Morpheus told him he was a slave ...
There is so much great music out there that encouragement is given to go listen to some immediately with the best speakers you can get ... and at a considerable volume ...
these ramblings could be summed up with if we will get real with our lock on consciousness, which is what the DEA/Big Pharma monopoly is all about ... the fight that's going on in Syria ... the captagon story ...Erdogan ... is there no breaking up this fight ?
quite the mess ...
Because Americans haven't had war in their street (think Berlin, Dresden) they are too easily using the word war. Ask someone in Berlin or another largely destroyed city in Germany about war. It's the most abhorrent thing to them, at least until they got invaded from the South recently. They'd still not use the word 'war' when trying to oppose the invasion.
right uhland62 - how many of us after these recent events & immigrations issues have thought at least once or twice about our own borders, specifically the waters of our Ocean protectors ... not to have reflected on our own defenses would be remiss ...
but as this is the boiling frogs country ... the Broncos play tonight i hear ...
It's not meant to be won, it's meant to be continuous.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeFni9dOv7c
If you look at the history of the MENA region, you might realize that being a 'Tyrant' (strong autocrat) is the only way to rule these people, if you want large sectors of society to live in peace.
Fair point. Take the term 'democracy' with a grain of salt. Nevertheless, many Syrians seem to prefer THEIR 'tyrant' to a puppet regime. Judging by recent protests, the same can be said of many Ukrainians.
The WAR ON TERROR will always fail because it is a sham intended to hide the real Problem facing the West=> http://wp.me/p4OZ4v-F4
WAR AND TERROR!!!
Finally. Efficient government.
Government isn't even efficient at warfare. The State uses conventional, 2nd generation warfare against unconventional, 4th generation warfare foes.
...and losing.
Fail?
The War on Terror has been the greatest success of those who launched it Dictators have fallen, nation states dissolved, oilfields have been liberated, infrastructure grants spent, and fiat loans created
Meanwhile at home, security has been guaranteed for all through the elimination of troublesome rights and the installation of a police state that police can be proud of
What's not to like?
Neal STephenson's novel "Diamond Age : a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer" envisioned a post nation-state world ...
Kitler may be onto something that the WOT has been successful in moving toward that world, a New World Order ...
geez, these black friday deals are pretty neat - i just missed a sold out newegg deal for a Seagate 8tb ext backup plus hd...
...
I'll say it again... the IMF-SDR and the multipolar UN led by China and Russia ARE the NWO...
http://redefininggod.com/george-soros-and-the-china-fronted-nwo/
So many NWO's, so little time.
US war of terrorism never did intend to succeed, only self-perpetuate.
Not a bad article, it just misses the point a little bit. Governments are well aware that the war on terror is not winnable. They have no desire or intention to win it, they never did. Their goal and the goals of their owners are to enrich themselves at our expense, and to find ways to give themselves more and more power over us. That is all. Keeping is safe or any of that nonsense doesn't even enter into the equation.
Bankster proxy armies working as fuax foes.
War on Terror = War OF Terror. FOREVER.
It will never be defined as "failure" unless and until Soros, Buffet, Dimon, et al all go to the guillotine, there to be separated from their favorite head.
Another idiotic article. Muslims kill because they're true Muslims. They need to be eradicated.
...bleats the clinical idiot.
Apply to temples dumplings, helps against dementia.
There is literally nothing that Americans can do to stop the full on assault of the administration of the USA for their continued assaults on virtually every country in the entire world. The USA was completely finished March 10th 2008, and on a quantum level America went completely bankrupt due to their collective ignorance of modern contemporary finance. Professor Emeritus Benoit Mandelbrot was the only individual in the entire world, aside from myself, that could have ameliorated the quantum level fallout that American finance infrastructure endured at that time. I, on the other hand, am levying a $30 trillion in physical gold bullion fee for my help, but I know that the broke ass Americans cannot afford my fee.
God I love Capitalism.
The US Department of Defense has never won a war and won't win this one because it is constitutionally incapable of winning wars. World War II was won by the War Department and the Navy Department.
Winning the "War on Terror" would be trivially easy compared to e.g. defeating Hitler:
(1) Deport all sandniggers back where they came from. If they won't get on the plane or ship voluntarily, shoot them. If their home countries won't accept them, put them on a barge and ground it at high tide.
(2) Seal the borders so they can't sneak back in.
WWII was won by Russia, while the rest of the allied forces tripped over their own egos in the mother of all 4 star cluster fucks.
It's hubris making you speak thsi way. You really think that the collective (gov) can defeat the individual. It can't. Plus, sealing borders is illegal and immoral, as it deprives people from the freedom to travel.
You would do better if you remove the reasons for which they hate you.
The "war on terror" is a lie.
It is a public relations fabrication.
How can anyone ignore the convenient exception given by the US & co. to their own terror from drones to torture to surveillance?
The US & co. have done far more destruction, terrorism, and killing to foster extremist hatreds in the ME than have the jihadists ever done to the West,
and despite what western MSM jingoistically portrays.
The US supports wahabbist sheikhs, drug cartels, expansionist apartheid, 'moderate' jihadists, military dictatorships, and wannabe nazis
NOT because of some declared interest in stopping "extremism".
The wars, invasions, and occupations are about maintaining the petrodollar financial racket; about full spectrum dominance to prevent the rise of any potential adversary; about warfare profits, pipelines, and oil; about controlling resources or else denying use
to others; about the hubris of empire and expansion.
It is NOT a problem of finding better tactics" to fight "terror".
ISIS/AlQaeda were originally created to serve the goals of the western empire ...and still very much do despite any superficial appearances otherwise.
Stop accepting the big lie and stop theorizing how to best accomplish a hypocritical delusion.
The problem is no more about stopping "terrorism" than it is about stopping "surprise attacks".
The drumbeats for endless war and martial law will continue no matter how much "terror" is created, because "stopping terror" or keeping you "safe"
is not the real point of it at all.
Would I think it preferable for a foreign power to undermine Uncle Sugar by force? Bring it on. The day Russian cavalry drive Queen Huma and her mommy from DC, I'll fall to my knees and thank God for his mercy.
Almost without exception, terror groups are set up and bankrolled by the intelligence agencies of the great powers, who only declare them enemies of mankind when they turn on their paymasters. Our masters shouted "Hooray for the Blackshirts" the loudest, till the blackshirts started dropping bombs near Threadneedle Street.
I'm agreed with Ron Paul that all US military aid to Middle Eastern governments and interference in their affairs must end.
(That includes Israel, who can take care of herself---she's learned the hard way that nobody else is genuinely interested in doing so.
The military aid is an insult. It doesn't cover the interest on the debt she racked up defending herself. To even get that she had to see to it that if she died the Philistines in New York, London and Frankfurt would die with her, and the six million would be avenged at last.)
Unfortunately, that won't happen while the House of Saud is still able to dump oil below fair value and keep the US and EU economies from collapsing under their own tax and debt burdens.
No, that is not enough of it. That treats everything as 'normal motivations'.
The entire foreign and domestic policy of the US is now focused on keeping attention off of 9/11. When 9/11 becomes a political event, Israeli-neocons lose their heads. 9/11 is already very widely understood to have been a false flag operation that benefit those people, and Israeli-neocons are strongly identified with every stage of this escalation and the coup that 9/11 represents.
https://thinkpatriot.wordpress.com/2015/11/28/nsas-capabilities-have-nev...
9/11 was Treason in a strict technical sense, conspiring with foreign interests against the interests of the US. Many people now in government will hang.
Every 'leader' is a tyrant,,, except our tyrant. (lol)
today's AJ show is a good one, for non or neutral folks, and a good example of why people like to listen to his show ... check it out ... {there is a clip of Bernie Sanders saying climate change and terrorism are linked}
AJ is the reason I found ZH back in 2009 and I'm very grateful AJ gave ZH a mention in the summer of that year. Been pretty much a daily ZH reader since. I used to visit Energy Bulletin as homepage ... that tailed off a couple years ago ... after Fukushima enenews was almost daily ... but that's tailed off...
Long Live ZH !
"Despite the fact that Sadaam Hussein was a tyrant, Iraq was not a terrorist haven while he was in charge. He was certainly a criminal dictator, but he didn’t put up with terrorists. "
I call BULL SHIT ON THIS ONE.
I remember Saddam being accused of giving terrorists "safe haven" as a reason to attack.
When he saw the writing on the wall that they were serious he had one of them executed as an offering, which Bush even joked about," He committed suicide by shooting himself six times".
more info: https://futiledemocracy.wordpress.com/tag/iraq/
I only agree with half of the initial premise of a self-fulfilling origin for terrorism. Letting muzzies off the hook for violent mayhem is bullshit.
We were helping muslims in the Iraq war after Hussein invaded Kuwait and we helped force him out. Neither does the West get any credit from muzzies for protecting Albanian muslims from genocide.
Poll: 20% of 'moderate' muslims worldwide (1.5 Billion) are sympathetic to ISIS -- which means 300,000,000 muslims are sympathetic to ISIS. Much higher percentages of 'moderate' Muslims also agree with: the stoning of women who were raped, killing of homosexuals, killing of apostates, and are OK with the slavery of non-muslims.
Poll: 100% of CIA, MI6, Mossad, Saudi, Qatari, UAE and Turkish intelligence agencies are sympathetic to ISIS...
P.S. The crazy muslims are only following gods orders btw...
Leviticus 20:10King James Version (KJV)10 And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
Leviticus 20:13
“If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.” I could also go on to list the biblical rules for selling your own children into slavery but I think you get the idea...While this article is quite correct in its thesis, it qualifies the assumption of the covert purpose of the "War on Terror."
The purpose is exactly what the results are, playing out day to day in the low level, controlled third world war.
Qui Bono ad infinitum... Israel.
If you want an end to Middle East terrorism, you will end Israel.
And fuck you if you don't like it Benyamin...
As an aside, US State Dept. says parachuting Russian pilot was killed by moderate rebels defending themselves.
A Comic Aside...
Reason #3: Terrorist community organizers.
The Global War on Terror is much like the Global War on Drugs. Both are designed to allow goverments to eliminate the competition.
.GOVs account for the vast majority of all drug trade and terror in the world and they don't like small upstarts gaining any traction.
to put it short - neocolonialism is the cause of terrorism growth
and it has been going on for centuries
what's new here is the technologies reshape the forms it takes and makes this fight more and more dangerous
If we want to get to a world where terrorism isn’t such a regular tragedy, governments need to start recognizing the fact that the so-called “War on Terror” is a self-fulfilling prophecy destined to foment one thing and one thing only: more terrorism.
Good. So it's working well.
What is happening is quite simple. We had a military/industrial complex and associated intelligence/security service doing very nicely out of the Cold War. And then that finished, around 1995.
Ever since then, the millions of people who worked in this area, and the hundreds of powerful people who were in charge of it, have been tryinig to re-establish their power base. And they have succeeeded, by destabilising the Middle East and turning slumbering resentments into an international conflagration. And now they have huge budgets and a reliable job for years to come...
You cannot have a war on terror when the political class is doing everything they can to replace current voters because they have concluded TPTB are completely inept and corrupt. The war is on our political banker class, everything else is fluff.
roll over for tyrants (inclusive of terrorists) and you'll lose every time