Terrorism

Essay #1: Origins of Terror Today, America is faced with a challenging question: What is to be done about terrorism? There are not easy answers to this question. There are many options and methods to dealing with terrorists that the United States has used in the past. At times we have been successful in our efforts and at others we have failed. In Sun Tsu’s book The Art of War, he writes know your enemy, …

…in their countries and feel that the United States has too much influence over them. Therefore they fight back with violence. Pillar believes that to combat this, America must deal with each group individually. Sometimes we must make concessions and not punish the terrorists in fear of further damage against us. He has drawn a great deal of critical attention because of these views, which contradict U.S. terrorist policy. However, he is worth considering.