Comments on: How Does Terrorism End? http://wnymedia.net/wnymedia/smith/2008/11/how-does-terrorism-end/ Buffalo and Western New York's online news resource Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:40:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Stephen C. Rose http://wnymedia.net/wnymedia/smith/2008/11/how-does-terrorism-end/comment-page-1/#comment-5274 Stephen C. Rose Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:08:53 +0000 http://www.buffalogeek.wnymedia.net/?p=900#comment-5274 Thanks. Linking to this. Thanks. Linking to this.

]]> By: S.S. McSnarkamaphone http://wnymedia.net/wnymedia/smith/2008/11/how-does-terrorism-end/comment-page-1/#comment-5275 S.S. McSnarkamaphone Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:33:11 +0000 http://www.buffalogeek.wnymedia.net/?p=900#comment-5275 I'm glad there are some data to support the idea, but the best thinkers on the left have been saying this for a while. Being proactive about security threats always requires hard, slow police and diplomatic work. It also means addressing the perceived/real griefs that serve as a motivator. Inclusion into the political process take away a huge recruiting tool (viz., being/feeling disempowered) I'd guess at least one reason why the obvious and reasonable approach gets less attention is because we need conflict to keep our economy propped up. The huge asymmetry in our defense budget vs. the world's more generally (and obviously any other nation specifically) has far-reaching implications, and the military-industrial beast we unleashed during WW2 has become omnivorous. I’m glad there are some data to support the idea, but the best thinkers on the left have been saying this for a while. Being proactive about security threats always requires hard, slow police and diplomatic work. It also means addressing the perceived/real griefs that serve as a motivator. Inclusion into the political process take away a huge recruiting tool (viz., being/feeling disempowered)

I’d guess at least one reason why the obvious and reasonable approach gets less attention is because we need conflict to keep our economy propped up. The huge asymmetry in our defense budget vs. the world’s more generally (and obviously any other nation specifically) has far-reaching implications, and the military-industrial beast we unleashed during WW2 has become omnivorous.

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