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An endless war on terrorism
2019-01-13
The government-sanctioned view from Egypt.
[AlAhram] This year has seen a downward trajectory in the activities of terrorist groups in the Middle East, but there is little room for complacency.

Years of reluctance in dealing with the two major financiers of the Muslim Brotherhood and other radicals, Turkey and Qatar, has rendered the War on Terrorism largely useless.
The term the "War on Terrorism" was coined on 11 September 2001 when the horrendous attacks on New York and Washington gave rise to a new era of asymmetrical warfare between the world’s governments and terrorist groups.

The term still represents a state of ongoing war that has moved from Afghanistan and spread across the globe since its declaration by former US president George W Bush in retaliation to the 9/11 attacks.
Posted by:trailing wife

#2  The 'measured response' has failed. When they attack, destroy the hive and make it uninhabitable for the next 5-10 thousand years.
Posted by: Besoeker   2019-01-13 08:06  

#1  Marine Barracks in Beirut October 23, 1983
William Richard Higgins (January 15, 1945 – July 6, 1990) was a colonel in the United States Marine Corps who was captured in 1988 while serving on a United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission in Lebanon. He was held hostage, tortured[1] and eventually murdered by his captors.
The Khobar Towers June 25, 1996
The USS Cole 12 October 2000

the tempo just picked up with 9/11 with our 'measured' response
Posted by: Procopius2k   2019-01-13 07:54  

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