# Will the war unleash more Terrorism, or will it decrease it?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [March 31, 2003, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-war-unleash-more-terrorism-or-will-it-decrease-it/165371 "2003-03-31T04:23:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-war-unleash-more-terrorism-or-will-it-decrease-it/165371/41 "2003-03-31T13:36:49Z")

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We can probably keep “Novus Ordo Seclorum”.

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**Author:** ![Desmostylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-war-unleash-more-terrorism-or-will-it-decrease-it/165371/42 "2003-03-31T13:58:33Z")

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> \*Originally posted by elucidator \*  
> \*\*We can probably keep “Novus Ordo Seclorum”. \*\*

Hey, wasn’t that the name of the band that released _Blue Monday_ and _Bizarre Love Triangle_?

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**Author:** ![OliverH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/278dde/32.png) [@OliverH](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OliverH)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-war-unleash-more-terrorism-or-will-it-decrease-it/165371/43 "2003-04-01T10:44:30Z")

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[http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=540&e=2&u=/ap/20030401/ap\_on\_re\_mi\_ea/war\_militant\_upsurge](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=540&e=2&u=/ap/20030401/ap_on_re_mi_ea/war_militant_upsurge)

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**Author:** ![OliverH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/278dde/32.png) [@OliverH](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OliverH)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-war-unleash-more-terrorism-or-will-it-decrease-it/165371/44 "2003-04-01T10:45:52Z")

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> \*Originally posted by december \*  
> \*\*We do need their cooperation, but sympathy is not the only motivator, nor is it the strongest one. A more long-lasting way to encourage cooperation would be demonstrating that we take the situation very seriously. \*\*

That in no way encourages cooperation. No one complains about what he doesn’t know of.

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