US Prisons training NEW Islamic Terrorists

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by Slingin Sammy 33

Has to be a balanced approach. LE can't reach onto foreign soil to disrupt terrorist activities that are state sanctioned or sponsored. LIMITED (Spec Ops, etc.) military engagement has to be the answer here. There needs to be open intel at high levels between DoD & Federal LE community.


Agree 100%.

You are on the money, Sammy. It seems to me that fighting terror requires a three-pronged approach:

1) Education. Banning religion is not only unConstitutional, it also is impractical. But religion can be directed towards more wholesome ends, especially given the reality that wholesome resources already exist in the Islamic world.

When education fails (as it sometimes does in non-terror settings, too):
2) Law enforcement should be the first recourse. At its heart terrorism is a problem for the justice system, as Saden indicated.

When law enforcement is impossible or impractical, then
3) Military action is required.

[Slingin Sammy 33]

Originally Posted by Lotus

1) Education. Banning religion is not only unConstitutional, it also is impractical. But religion can be directed towards more wholesome ends, especially given the reality that wholesome resources already exist in the Islamic world.

Great point. Hopefully with technology today the education you mention can be spread into areas where it was previously limited and help reduce the number of people that turn to radical Islam.