John on Wed, 18 Aug 2004 23:35:09 +0200 (CEST) |
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Re: <nettime> What Causes Terrorism? |
"What Causes Terrorism?" My answer is ICBMs and cruise missiles. We are in what the U.S.M.C. calls the fourth epoch of warfare. An epoc of asymetrical power -- meaning it is not possible for a group/state to challenge with force an established nuclear power. So what is left for a group that wants to resist via direct action? Unconventional warfare aka Terrorism. All this talk about clash of civilzations is just window dressing for a struggle between disproportionately powerful groups. As Sun Tzu said, 'attack where the enemy cannot defend'. For the USA this was New York City. In the context of an environment with an unchecked superpower, terrorism is a legitimate stratagem to fight the superpower. As the US pushes in on different groups to establish a world economy of Western design, those who are disparate to resist will use the means at hand. Al Quida was created by Mossad's ruthless waging of an invisible war on the Palestinian resistance groups. The decentralized model became the only viable way to organize and operate. The US even trained the Mujahideen in terror tactics so they could better fight the Soviets. It was the only strategy for their survival in their struggle against the Red Army. What causes terrorism? American power did. PS - sorry for another political post -- *I am not a blackhat* # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@bbs.thing.net and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@bbs.thing.net