The War On Terror Oxymoron!

War on terror is as useless as wagging war on the Mafia, street gangs or drug dealers. The business of war is about uniformed, armed forces and the use of assault rifles, tanks, war ships, missiles, bombs and fighter jets. The military is not about international intelligence, law enforcement and policing. The US Government and the world media insists on using the slogan “war on terror. The war in Iraq was over after about one week. Militarily speaking the Presidents mission accomplished” faux-pas was ironically true. The problem does not end when the war is over. It really starts right there. Nobody wants to understand that armed forces are not a tool to police urban dwellings and establish law and order long term. The war on terror is not fought and won on battle fields with armed forces nor with airport security anywhere in the world.

Terrorism is not material. It's ideological and it can easily escape border controls, army checkpoints, eavesdropping and everything else altogether. The best example is Great Britain. There is no need to bring Muslim extremists into the U.K from Pakistan, Iran, Syria or any other place. The potential terrorists are already there. Born and raised in the UK with British Passports. Not long from now that same phenomena will arise in France, Germany, Italy and yes - also in the US.

Homeland Security, Airport Security, beefed up Immigration and FBI cannot guarantee any level of security with regards to terrorism. Factor in US cable network news stations that compete with each other everyday with so called security experts. They educate anybody that owns a TV with a cable how and where a terror attack could be done most successfully. You get complete security weakness status updates and even estimates with regards to the potential carnage. They also inform us that shipping containers into the US are still not screened and that most of the air cargo in the US is still not screened either. The boarders to the South are so unprotected and wide open that millions of illegal immigrants can literally walk into the US. What good is it to put all this security hoopla up at airports and talk about homeland security all day?

Does anybody in his right mind believe that any of the current security and war strategies will stop any terrorism? These are all late reactions to events that have already come to pass. Yes - the current airport security procedures would most likely have prevented 9/11. But unfortunately 9/11 already happened and it is highly unlikely that the same tactic will be used again. Seeing the US and the Brit'’s scramble on the airports to collect all the soda bottles from the passengers after the MI6 pulled the plug on the latest terror plot makes me very uneasy. With everything going on since 9/11 you would think that by now we are ahead of the terrorists and able to anticipate their next move and therefore proactively prevent all possible threats. Instead we still run around like chickens without heads now chasing liquids in bottles. That just tells me that there are no think-tanks or counter terror agencies in place that try to meet the challenge on the intellectual and mental level. Like in the criminal field, where we use profilers to chase the most notorious criminals we need a whole new ideology to combat terror. And one thing is for sure, successful measures will not be established on the level of border control, airport security, home land security nor the army.

We are facing an enemy that can easily look like us and move amongst us undetectable. Terrorists are not afraid to die in the process and therefore have nothing to lose. They do not wear uniforms and are practically invisible.

At this time there is no winning strategy in place and therefore there is no security for anybody. The next incident will happen. It's not a question of if, just a question of when. The current war on terror show is strictly a tool to win or lose elections and to keep the masses at ease. The truth is that like in the latest war between Israel and Hezbollah, there is no winning strategy available at this time. No solution to the Hezbollah problem, no solution to the North Korea situation, no way to stop the Iranian's, no feasible exit from Iraq and no way to protect the homeland from the next terror attack. That'’s the real inconvenient truth of 2006. We are in desperate need of new ideas and strategies - forget about the war on terror!