Essay - War on Terrorism Although Acts of Terrorism Have Been Recorded...

War on Terrorism

***** acts of terrorism have been recorded in history from as long ***** 2,000 years ago, the September 11, 2001attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon have brought terrorism to ***** center stage ***** world politics. In response, the United States government has declared a global "War on Terrorism"—a protracted struggle against terrorists and ***** states that aid them—which ***** now replaced the "Cold War" as ***** number one foreign policy issue of most countries, particularly the US. ***** this essay I shall discuss how far the "War on Terrorism" has been successful and how can terrorism be dealt with effectively.

The evidence gathered by the US after the 9/***** attacks suggested ***** *****y were carried out by Al-Qaeda, an Islamic terrorist organizati***** led by Osama bin Laden. Since Osama and other top ranking al-Qaeda leaders had been provided sanctuary ***** the Taliban government in Afghanistan, the first target ***** US's "War on Terrorism" was Afghanistan. Most ***** as well ***** ***** UN supported the US attack on Afghanistan, which removed ***** Taliban regime from power. The difficulty ***** a war on an elusive enemy was, however, soon evident as Osama and other *****-ranking al-Qaeda leaders evaded capture. Since then, the results of ***** "War on Terrorism" have been mixed.

After "taking care" of the Taliban in Afghanistan, ***** next target of the US adm*****istration in its "***** on Terror" was Iraq. ***** ***** did not sancti***** ***** invasion of Iraq, but the Bush administration insisted that ***** ***** ***** necessary since Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction and was aiding ***** including al-Qaeda. Subsequent developments in the Iraq War such as ***** failure ***** the US forces to find any Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) after two years of search, and ***** findings ***** the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee that *****re ***** no link between the ***** government and al-Qaeda or the 9/11 ***** have further discredited the direction taken by the "***** on Terr*****."

Supporters of the US "War on *****," however, insist that it ***** been highly successful so far since ***** major terrorist attack has taken place in the US after 9/11, the top leadership of al-Qaeda has gone underground, been captured or killed, and several nation-states that formerly supported terrorists ***** changed tracks.

Nevertheless, it is arguable whether the international community in general and ***** ***** in particular are really w*****ning the War on Terrorism. This is because there ***** a definite feeling *****mong Muslims around the world ***** ***** United *****' "War on Terror" is exclusively targeted towards ***** countries and the impression provides the Islamic terrorists with huge potential support. Moreover, ***** is deep sense ***** frustration and anger in the Muslim world at ***** US for its cons*****tent support of Israel vs. the Palestinians, and the cultural domination of ***** Americans in a globalized world that threatens to undermine the deeply conservative ***** cultural values. In order to tackle ***** problem of Islamic ***** more *****,