9/11/2001. The date which marks the turning point in war against terrorism. In some ways you can draw parallel with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor during the 2nd World War which brought USA into the war. But unfortunately the difference starts there. While on the older instance the active entry of USA changed the course of history; same doesn’t seems to be true for the present edition.
We have seen so many wars against the terror groups in last five years, but we are yet to see any change in the ground realities. What we have achieved in last five years is a world which constant lives under a threat of terror attack. In name security concerns we have increased scrutiny and restrictions on the common citizen across the globe. There are increased instances of human rights violation in name of security precautions. The line of difference is so thin between a possible threat and an actual threat that the excess by the security agencies can safely hide behind it. End of the day we seem to missing the actual threats and taking fighting the proxy ones.
If we try to draw parallels from the 2nd World War we can say that the success is eluding us because every country is concentrating on its own local problem. During the world war, though with different objectives, there was a single target. It is global threat which is distributed across the globe; the solution should be equally global. Best forum can be the UN Security Council and best anti-terror force would be a force under the UN flag.
We have seen so many wars against the terror groups in last five years, but we are yet to see any change in the ground realities. What we have achieved in last five years is a world which constant lives under a threat of terror attack. In name security concerns we have increased scrutiny and restrictions on the common citizen across the globe. There are increased instances of human rights violation in name of security precautions. The line of difference is so thin between a possible threat and an actual threat that the excess by the security agencies can safely hide behind it. End of the day we seem to missing the actual threats and taking fighting the proxy ones.
If we try to draw parallels from the 2nd World War we can say that the success is eluding us because every country is concentrating on its own local problem. During the world war, though with different objectives, there was a single target. It is global threat which is distributed across the globe; the solution should be equally global. Best forum can be the UN Security Council and best anti-terror force would be a force under the UN flag.
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