Terrorism is difficult to fight because most of their activities are hidden. Terrorism is effective because of two reasons, one is the difficulty of knowledge of when , where and how the terrorist will strike. Second the cost and inconvenience caused by the actions to prevent terrorism is also in a way triumph of terrorism. Terrorism, as the name itself implies, is not aimed at causing actual harm, as at creating a fear that harm may be caused. Under these condition a good program to to fight terrorism need to be a mix of following action.
- Prevention of possibility of terrorist attacks through measures such as security checks.
- System of intelligence to detect and prevent terrorist activities of planning and preparing for terrorist activities.
- Firm and quick action in punishing people found guilty of carrying out or supporting terrorist activities.
- Dealing firmly with governments of other countries in obtaining their support in fighting terrorism. In particular this means being very firm in opposing any lenient treatment by such countries toward terrorists and terrorist activities.
I am really not in a position to know exactly what or how much USA government is doing in each of these four areas. But fro the limited view I have, it appears that there is too much emphasis on the first of the above four activities, and the last of the four activities is not being carried out very effectively.
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