Military "Solutions" Force Others To Live With Terror - NYTimes.com

"No society should “live with terrorism.” Our collective goals should be to eradicate it.



Before 9/11 law enforcement filled that role. Since then, nations, led by the United States, adopted a military approach, and terrorist attacks have only risen.



There is no future with terrorism as a way of life, nor is there a future with endless wars victimizing civilians in the name of fighting terrorism.

To eradicate terrorism, we need a much more honest discussion about what terrorism actually is. If it means the use of force against civilians to achieve a political goal, than that should include all such attacks on civilians, and not merely the ones launched by nonstate actors. In practice, we limit the term to include only nonstate actors."



Military "Solutions" Force Others To Live With Terror - NYTimes.com