Shortly MBT chapater the 9/11 attacks

Shortly MBT chapater the 9/11 attacks, the current morass was predicted in many quarters. In a policy study for the Cato Institute two days MBT chapater the attacks, Charles V. Pe?a wrote,

But how exactly will increased defense spending on tanks, airplanes, and ships remedy the situation?

The answer is that it won’t. To be sure, military action is the appropriate response to the heinous terrorist acts committed on NIKE SHOX soil. But a larger military would not have prevented that devastating tragedy. And it won’t prevent future terrorist actions. Why?

Because terrorists are not traditional adversaries deterred by traditional military force. If that was the case, then terrorism should not exist in Israel. The Israeli military is bigger and better equipped than any of the Palestinian terrorist groups, yet terrorism persists. So the answer is not that simple. Terrorism – by its nature – is not traditional warfare. Terrorists pick and choose the times and places of their attacks, and they are not on military battlefields. Terrorists do not wear uniforms to distinguish themselves from their adversary. In other words, terrorists are the antithesis of the kind of enemy that armed services are designed and trained to fight.

Like trying to swat a fly with a machine-gun, fighting terrorism with massive military force is inappropriate and destructive, leading to the creation of more fanatics willing to sacrifice anything for their cause. As Justin Raimondo put it on September 28, 2001,