International terrorism takes a hit
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International terrorism takes a hit
| Thu, 02-05-2004 - 5:16pm |
Among the instant cliches that sprang up after 9/11 was the notion that a "war on terror" is a meaningless concept. "It is misleading to talk of a 'war on terrorism,' let alone a 'war on global terrorism,'" sniffed the distinguished British historian Corelli Barnett in December.
"Terrorism is a phenomenon, just as is war in the conventional sense. But you cannot in logic wage war against a phenomenon, only against a specific enemy..."
But here's the interesting thing. Pace the historian, it seems you can wage war against a phenomenon. If the "war on terror" is aimed primarily at al-Qaida and those of similar ideological bent, it seems to have had the happy side-benefit of discombobulating various non-Islamic terrorists from Colombia to Sri Lanka.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/Printer&cid=1075782427963

I think Bush announcing
The Middle East, especially Palestine and Israel, have been a terrorism hotbed for at least the last 20 years.
>"the media began to pay more attention to terrorist attacks, as they existed prior to 9/11,"<
May
You are right....we started to pay attention here in the US to a worldwide problem that has been going on for longer than I can recount.
I guess that if you do no live something, you tend to be a little ignorant about it, which is not necessarily a good thing. Once you are forced to live it, then it drastically will affect your life.