War on Terrorism

The "War on Terrorism" or "War on Terror" (in US foreign policy circles, the global war on terrorism or GWOT{{fn|1}} ) is a campaign by the United States and some of its allies to rid the world of terrorist groups and to end state sponsorship of terrorism. There is a de facto focus on stopping Islamist terrorism.

End of the War on Terror

Guerrilla campaigns targeting political reform rarely win wars. Terrorist campaigns involving the targeting of civilians have never won a war. Analysts believe that in order to win or succeed, any guerrilla or terrorist campaign must first transform into something more than a guerrilla or terrorist movement.http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20050723-092116-9131r.htm Analysts have assessed prospects for terrorist success in the War on terror:

Related Topics:
Guerrilla - Terrorist

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• Become an army and conquer territory, such as the communists in China, the mujahideen against the Russians in Afghanistan, the Viet Cong invasion of South Vietnam, the British-Portuguese-Spanish force, not the guerrillas, which threw Napoleon's army out of Spain, and the French navy assisted the American army that won the American Revolution.
• Become a mass political movement, such as in Algeria, where the French, under popular pressure, surrendered their colony.
• Kill everyone in charge and take over as in the French Revolution. While many civilians have died, relatively few leaders have died since they are under the protection of security forces.
• Turn to politics, such as the Irish Sinn Féin party. A terrorist cause has little political attraction. This potential is the ultimate goal of neoconservative theorists who facilitated the spread of democracy in the Middle East. They believe that insurgents who turn into politicians stop being terrorists.