Shaffer
01-27-04, 07:34 AM
Asia knows conflict. Now, just as the emerging "globalized" integrated regional and world economy shows a promise of reducing the potential for conflict, we add the threat of the new terrorism.
We are accustomed to practical terrorism—violent action designed to change political circumstances. In the recent past, airplane hijackers were to be appeased, not resisted, because the plane was assumed to be a bargaining chip. Apocalyptic terrorism seeks destruction as its own end. No negotiation is possible.
U.S. MARINE CORPS (CRAIG M. WILLIAMSON)
Forward bases remain critical in the war on terrorism. The change will be that these facilities will be combined bases. Here, a U.S. Marine demonstrates the M198 155-mm medium-range howitzer to a Japanese counterpart at Camp Fuji.
The terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 on the United States showed the dark side of globalization. Networked communications and worldwide instant financial transactions empower not only legitimate business, but also terrorist groups. Universal access to worldwide communications gives these disaffected, dedicated terrorist groups unprecedented capability.
http://www.usni.org/Proceedings/Articles04/PRO02gregson.htm
We are accustomed to practical terrorism—violent action designed to change political circumstances. In the recent past, airplane hijackers were to be appeased, not resisted, because the plane was assumed to be a bargaining chip. Apocalyptic terrorism seeks destruction as its own end. No negotiation is possible.
U.S. MARINE CORPS (CRAIG M. WILLIAMSON)
Forward bases remain critical in the war on terrorism. The change will be that these facilities will be combined bases. Here, a U.S. Marine demonstrates the M198 155-mm medium-range howitzer to a Japanese counterpart at Camp Fuji.
The terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 on the United States showed the dark side of globalization. Networked communications and worldwide instant financial transactions empower not only legitimate business, but also terrorist groups. Universal access to worldwide communications gives these disaffected, dedicated terrorist groups unprecedented capability.
http://www.usni.org/Proceedings/Articles04/PRO02gregson.htm