Combating Terrorists in the USA

We had better prepare ourselves for the coming attacks. The chapters of this book can help to educate American citizens and prepare them to combat terrorists in the United States of America. If we are prepared, we have no need to fear. We must not bury our collective heads in the sand. We must eradicate the enemy within. We must be forever vigilant. National Strategies Strategy provides a plan for action to combat a threat. The US must possess a strategy that effectively counters unconventional or asymmetrical warfare. The Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) is both a battle of arms and a battle of ideas. The battle of ideas helps to define the strategic intent of our National Strategy for Combating Terrorism. The National Security Strategy of the United States of America, National Strategy for Combating Terrorism, and National Strategy for Homeland Security work in unison, in coordination, and in correlation among each other. Because of that synergism and since the September 11 attacks, America is now safer but not yet safe. Intelligence Policies and Strategies We analyzed the US homeland security intelligence strategy and compared it to published homeland security strategy documents. We also discussed US national and homeland security intelligence policies. All of the national and homeland security intelligence documents and policies coordinate and correlate well with the national security and homeland security documents, which is an amazing accomplishment. Doctrine of Preemption For effective democracies, freedom is indivisible. Those democracies provide the long-term antidote to the ideology of today’s terrorism. This, then, becomes a battle of ideas and winning the hearts and minds of people. We know that laws alone will not stop terrorism. Preventive intelligence-gathering and defense measures comprise the most important weapons in the fight against extremism and terrorism. Few, if any, wars against groups using terrorist-type tactics have been won purely by defensive operations. Hence, the US anti-terrorism strategy relies heavily on the doctrine of preemption. The US has employed that doctrine in Iraq. Further, in the GWOT, the man with the money is as dangerous as the man with the gun. Thus, the successful interdiction of funds can derail terrorist operations. Most Serious National Security Threat President George W. Bush has made clear that terrorists seeking to acquire and use WMD are our most serious national security threat. To counter an elusive and adaptive adversary, we must transform ourselves and our partnerships to deter, detect, and defeat this growing threat to our country and to the peace and security of the international community. An Evil Enemy That Must Be Defeated Al-Qaeda is driven by an undiminished strategic intent to attack our homeland. We cannot permit the world’s most dangerous terrorists and their regime sponsors to threaten us with the world’s most destructive weapons. Hostile states and terrorists that possess WMDs represent one of the greatest security challenges facing the US. No country has been subjected to more relentless terrorism than Israel. However, Israel considers itself at war with only the perpetrators of terrorism, not with the Palestinian people. Yet the Palestinian terrorists’ goal is to kill the maximum number of Israeli civilians. We are dealing with an evil enemy that must be defeated. General Aviation The implementation of security methods and processes in general has had a decisive impact on the aviation industry. However, efforts to coordinate effectively varied aspects of security protocols between agencies and general aviation (GA) components have not been adequately addressed. Overall security issues, especially with regard to planning for catastrophic terrorist events, have been neglected at the nation’s smaller airports. For perspective, the term “general aviation” is generally accepted to include all flying except for military and scheduled airline operations. General aviation makes up more than $150 billion or 1 percent of the US Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and supports almost 1.3 million high-skilled jobs in professional services and manufacturing and, hence, is an important component of the aviation industry. Maritime Piracy Maritime piracy grew dramatically. The number of attacks and level of violence increased steadily over the years. The world community is concerned as to what strategy it should develop to counter and disrupt maritime piracy. Also, the world community is concerned about the threat to the international maritime supply chain and how to increase its security. We presented some creative ideas and analysis of such strategies for countering and disrupting the piracy threat to the international maritime supply chain. Captain Noel Choong, a former master mariner in Singapore and current head of the Piracy Reporting Center in Kuala Lumpur, said, “We’ll never see the end of piracy, just as we’ll never see the end of robbery on land. But we’re doing everything we can.” Yes, piracy may never be entirely eradicated; however, it can be severely curtailed to a manageable level. Consequently, controlling piracy and transnational crime protects our homeland, enhances global stability, and secures freedom of navigation for the benefit of all nations. Critical Infrastructure United States critical infrastructures must be proactively maintained and consistently updated. Vast advances through technology combined with loosely affiliated terrorists place many pressures on the nation to remain consistent with its policies, tactics, and procedures for avoiding destructive attacks. Merely defining the ramifications of critical infrastructure weaknesses or asymmetrical threats is not sufficient enough for effectively securing the nation. Moreover, formulating this foundation is vital for leading individuals into a solid direction of safety. Therefore, future analysis should assess various recommendations to successfully integrate local citizens’ ideals with federal government policies and plans. Information Security We discussed some basic tenets of information security, security management, cyber-terrorism, cyber-attacks, network security, and user security. This is only a brief overview of some basic principles of information security. Develop a greater understanding of the principles of information security and how they relate to the security of the organization by reviewing additional, comprehensive information security resources for more thorough coverage of the subject. Terrorist Profiling Terrorists and terror groups constitute the enemy in the current GWOT that the United States finds itself engaged in today. Despite the vast number of research and investigative studies that have been conducted, terrorists’ personalities and behaviors still remain discombobulated data sets. In addition to the difficulty in analyzing secretive, conspiratorial groups and individuals, the variety of motivations, ideologies, and behaviors involved remain extremely diverse. Common characteristics or clearly defined traits may be apparent and simplistic; however, significant differences are more the norm. Israel Stronger Than Ever Given Israel’s location and being surrounded by its vicious enemies, it’s a miracle that they are still there and holding strong. In addition, to my knowledge, there is no race or group of people that have suffered such persecution and attempted genocide than the Jewish people, and yet, they exist stronger than ever yet remain a peaceful, democratic nation. Christians Not Like Muslim Terrorists Although violence is often inflicted by Muslim terrorists and is approved of by the Koran, any such violence inflicted upon others by Christians is and never will be sanctioned by the New Testament teachings.