NCJ Number
29358
Journal
MILITARY POLICE LAW ENFORCEMENT JOURNAL Volume: 2 Issue: 1 Dated: (SPRING 1975) Pages: 21-26
Date Published
1975
Length
6 pages
Annotation
THE PHILOSOPHY BEHIND TERRORISTS' ACTIONS AND THE GENERAL PATTERNS OF TERRORIST ACTIVITIES ARE DISCUSSED.
Abstract
THE VERY UNPREDICTABILITY OF TERRORISTS' ACTIONS IS WHAT MAKES MOST PEOPLE FEARFUL, AND IT IS THIS FEAR THAT MAKES PEOPLE DISTRUST THE GOVERNMENT THAT IS NOT PROTECTING THEM. AS THE FRUSTRATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES MOUNTS IN THEIR ATTEMPTS TO DEAL WITH THE TERRORISTS, THE TENDENCY TO OVERREACT GETS GREATER, AND IF YIELDED TO, ONLY STRENGTHENS THE TERRORIST POSITION BY ALIENATING THE PEOPLE FURTHER. THE BEST WAY TO FIGHT TERRORISM IN A DEMOCRACY IS TO REMOVE THE CONDITIONS THAT CAUSE DISSENT. THERE IS NO REASON FOR TERRORISM IF THERE IS NO CAUSE CELEBRE. CLOSELY FOLLOWING THE REMOVAL OF CAUSE IS THE PHENOMENON OF CO-OPTATION WHICH, PUT SIMPLY, IS THAT YOU CAN LICK THEM IF YOU PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO JOIN YOU.