GOV 312L 1st Edition Lecture 14 Outline of Current Lecture I. TMFPQII. What was 9/11 (revisited)? How did it change us?III. What is terrorism?IV. Dilemmas of fighting a war on terrorismV. How do we get from 9/11 to wars in Iraq and Afghanistan?VI. Are terrorist groups strategic?Current LectureTMFPQ- Arguments against travel bano stokes fears, making people more worried about a threat that doesn’t exist- Couldn’t take notes…. too many people debating for a disease blown out of proportionWhat was 9/11- Terrorism did not use to be a threat before 9/11- very minor attacks in 93 and 95- lead to greater protections and root out terrorist - entered in wars abroad in order to root out evil (terrorism)What is Terrorism- What is terrorism (Byford)o non state actors, so groups that don’t represent countries . This is alright for al qaeda, but not for countries. It excuses countries that act like terrorist like Saddam Hussein’s Iraq. o instills terror, or uses force to intimidateo methods, suicide missions. misnomer for Americans that do suicide missions.o targets, civilians and high level officials. problematic because nuclear deterrence is mainly used to threaten civilians. o It’s hard to truly define terrorism. We often excuse mean for righteous ends. These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.- Defining threat (Byford)o We normally fight proper nouns, Nazi Germany, Korea, Japan…. not commonnouns: drugs, terrorism, povertyo Is the threat a tactic. ideology, or entity. Preferably it is an entityo Problem with war on terroro What are we really pissed off abouto Interests first, goals second, and means thirdo We are pissed about not just the fact that it is terrorism, but that we were attacked in the first placeHow are terrorist groups different from other threats- Deterrence was useful against states, but not terrorists- Tactics can be rational or not, so they are unpredictable- Goals are not well defined- They are strong and can attack and leave quicklyHow do we get from 9/11 to Afghanistan- We attacked back immediately- made the decision by Bush not to discriminate between terrorists and states that harbor terrorists- Strike Al Qaeda given sanctuary in southern Afghanistan by taliban Initial Afghanistan Campaign- tried to topple the taliban, install a government more friendly to US interests, and reduce Al Qaeda sphere of influence- NATO article 5 says an attack on one means attack on all- gained support from russia and china as interests aligned Afghanistan to
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