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NeedToUseYou -> RE: The terrorist, what creates it ? (3/8/2010 3:58:20 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Aneirin
It seems in our western ways we are now a target for the terrorist, now more so than ever before, why ?
Why is it we are a target ?
What have we done to become a target ?
How can we stop it ?
I don't think there is one reason, but several.
1. We are over there and have been over there fucking with almost every country in the middle east in one form or another. (Main Reason, IMO).
2. Some people are just insane, and gravitate to where ever the greatest chance for sanctioned killing is.
3. Some people are stupid, and interpret, or accept that their god wants them to kill.
4. Some are poor, and gravitate to whatever, can provide a way of not being "as poor", and or gain them and there family recognition.
5. Some people enter terrorism because of perceived harm to them because of some actions we've taken, many real and legitimate, some more theoretical.
6. In reference to the US, we are tied to and associated with Israel, and the Israeli military is just as bad as any terrorist organization in my opinion. Thus the friend of my enemy is also my enemy.
It's not a wise game to play, IMO, you can't stop someone that is willing to die to try to harm you, yeah, maybe you can stop some but you can't stop a million.
Example, you can take a cellphone, and rig it to a cheap RC plane, and build a UAV. Cost: sub 1000.00
With such you can transport shit over the boarder, such as bomb materials, biological weapons, etc.... At least a few parts at a time, but there is nearly zero chance of getting caught.
So, now, how do you stop a little RC plane? do we monitor the air down to the size of a bird?
Also this situation becomes worse the longer we go, as in as battery tech increases, so does the load capacity and or the range, making it even harder to stop.
Now, the cellphone method is crude, but there are also open source projects using embedded linux computers and better GPS systems. So, you simply program these using latitude and longitude, and a simple mechanism to release the cargo.
This also could be used to run drugs, with about zero chance of getting caught, you may lose your 1000.00 dollar plane every once in a while but how cares, you make it up in volume.
Safety is an illusion. There is simply not enough money on the planet to stop a dispersed motivated attacker. You can have individual victories but the war is impossible to win.
So, the solution going forward is not of greater confrontation, but there really only are couple paths, either, make friends somehow, or Mutually Assured Destruction.
That's my opinion, on the subject...
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