# Terrorism:  What is your plan?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrorism-what-is-your-plan/197358>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [August 24, 2003, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrorism-what-is-your-plan/197358 "2003-08-24T18:26:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![T.Mehr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@T.Mehr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T.Mehr)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrorism-what-is-your-plan/197358/181 "2003-09-11T10:56:17Z")

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> \*Originally posted by **SunTzu2U** \*  
> Look at this issue as a choice of two paths.

I don’t like this sort of a statement. It sounds to much like there is only black and white, right or wrong, you’re with us or you’re against us.  
It’s not that easy.

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> Before we had “Terrorism” it was called WAR.

So who were you at war with? Iraq? Iran? Afganistan? Pakistan? Saudi Arabia? Terrorism has very little to do with a war as we knew it. That’s why it’s very difficult to learn from history as you suggest. And that’s why war-tactics help very little.  
Let’s try to figure out the reasons for the hostility and see whether we can something about them.

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