Stop the 'War' on Terror: Calling It a 'War' Is a Boon to Terrorist Recruiters


	Stop the 'War' on Terror: Calling It a 'War' Is a Boon to Terrorist Recruiters

DeMaistre

8-17-2008 1:38 PM

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terrorism, islamism, islamofascism, jihadism

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8-20-2008 3:38 AM

papananook

As long as we invade and occupy Muslim countries, we will have this situation--people fight back to Imperialism, ya know, especially Muslims.

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A good start toward peace, though, would be for Washington to stop thinking of this as a "war" with a battlefield solution.
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The term "war" also has a symbolic cost. It feeds into the jihad or "holy war" concept that attracts the attention of potential terrorists by elevating them to "holy warrior" status. Terrorists should be perceived and described as criminals, not holy warriors.
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What we are engaged in, more aptly, is "counterterrorism."
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