We should have learned by now that military occupation to deal with terrorism is seldom a good idea: the problem is there are few alternatives. This contribution appeared in Homeland Security Today on February 17, 2020 HOMELAND SECURITY TODAY — It is looking more and more like the U.S. will ink a deal with the […]
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Terrorists want to undo everything we believe in and more: sometimes their targets are just inane. AFGHANISTAN — Do you remember Michael Vicks? He was a very talented football quarterback for the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons before his career came to a screeching halt in 2007 after he pleaded guilty to charges that he was part […]
On this day on 1983, a massacre unfolded over an election in which then Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had allowed Bangladeshi migrants to vote.
On this day in 2015, terrorists besieged a mosque in Peshawar (Pakistan) with firearms and bombs, killing 22 and wounding at least 60.
On this day in 2017 a suicide bombing near the Afghan Supreme Court in central Kabul killed more than a dozen people and wounded many more.
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Can we talk with terrorists?
Sometimes we have to do things we really would rather not: negotiating with terrorists may be one of them.
Terrorist groups like the Taliban hate just about everything, especially those who have hopes for the future.
‘He who lives by the sword dies by the sword’: this applies to terrorists too (and civilians in the wrong place at the wrong time).
The decision to take Soleimani out points to a fundamental U.S. lack of understanding of the current terrorism threat and will lead to more, not fewer, deaths.
As much as we can, and should, condemn terrorism, we have to admire the ingenuity of some terrorists.