War on Terror has been a spectacular failure

[snowtired14]

Originally Posted by censusdata

20 years into the War on Terror I think it's safe to say Islamic terrorism has never been worse. We've bombed training camps, invaded nations, supported the overthrowing of dictators, tortured bad dudes at Guantanamo, and mass expanded surveillance and yet there have never been more attacks. We have basically took trillions of dollars and flushed it down the toilet. It's happened with each party controlling congress, the White House, or both. Obama came with doves in hand, Trump came end planning to make sand glow. It doesn't matter.

Thoughts?

Religious wars have persisted through thousands of years, and to much greater degree against nation states. Terrorism is a modern description to tone down the risk of offending any particular creed. The world is trying to change an ideology that has survived for centuries, that isn't going to happen overnight and for those who benefit from fear and power, they won't easily concede. Certainly the tools of war have become more sophisticated and strategic and violent on both sides, in this war the enemy has suffered greater losses than we have. Is it really worse, or are their attacks just much higher profile largely due to media coverage. If you think we've accomplished absolutely nothing for our strategy, what is your solution?

[AfriqueNY]

Originally Posted by Mircea

How do you know that isn't the whole point?

For decades, the Enemy of the Peopleâ„¢ were the many Native American tribal groups in the Plain States and the in the West.

Then having been subdued, there was a no focus and the Enemy of the Peopleâ„¢ shifted to godless "Communists."

Once "Communism" was destroyed, the Enemy of the Peopleâ„¢ ultimately shifted to "Terrorists", bringing you the War on Terrorâ„¢.

In any event the War on Terrorâ„¢ is nothing more than a sub-set of your Geo-Political Strategy. It furthers your current plans and goals, which includes the pacification of Syria so that you can initiate conflict with Iran.

I think it's much more complicated than that. Let's not forget European Supremacy ....... Invade the ME and India for oil. Invade Africa for Nat resources and slaves. Things fall apart. This is a ongoing war of cultures. There is no solution. You can't kill or pacify over a billion people of all races and colors. It's also not about religion. For every bomb dropped we breed more revenge. War on terror is on par with the war on drugs. Both are the def of insanity.