Military Force and Transnational Terrorism

In the grapple against terrorism there is an mutual exclusiveness in the discussion on the effectiveness of phalanx achieve. On the one hand, some academics (Gray, 1993: 17-23; Cronin, 2006) cogitate that war machine draw out is nevertheless necessary and that in its absence another(prenominal) anti-terrorist policies leave behind come up useless. On the other hand, other scholars claim that military reach end be counterproductive and has incentives for the radicalisation of terrorist groups (Duyvesteyn, 2008: 337-339). The aim of this taste is to go the strategic utility of military force in countering international terrorism using Al Qaeda as a case study to have light on the arguments. In the first part of the essay we leave study the causes that run away government activitys to use military force to tackle terrorism and the limitations that these present. In the second part we will consider the consequences derived from military action. Finally, we will ques tion the benefits of alternative counterterrorist policies in comparison to military action.\n match to Duyvesteyn (2008), there are half dozen main strategies that Governments follow in order to apply military force to counter terrorism. In the first place, the use of military force stinkpot be justified as a method to support government authorities to enforce police and re-establish order. Countries that have been defined as breeding grounds for terrorist cells can experience the militarisation of their territory, as happened with Iraq or Afghanistan. Nevertheless, the deployment of troops can be used by terrorist groups in favour of their sustain propaganda, giving evidence of the function of subordination of the group to the repression undertaken by the powerful ruling classes. In order for the military action not to be delegitimized it is prerequisite that governments identify the specific purposes of terrorist groups so that use of force is recognise not to be unmerite d (Duyvesteyn, 2008: 335). Secondly, during the Bush administration pre-emp...