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16 T&CTower
Astotheoriginsofstateterrorism,duringtheSpanishCivilWar,theworldcitesasanexamplethe
Nazis’ Guernica bombing, which claimed 2,000 victims, but does not cite Allied forces’ bombing
of German cities, such as Dresden, Hamburg, Frankfurt and so on, which killed over 600,000. or
Israel’s occupation and American-style bombings of areas inhabited by Palestinians in the Middle
East, which took place without any official declaration of war but resulted in many casualties and
displacementofrefugeesintheGazaStrip,WestBank,ortheconstructionofnuclearpowerplants
in Syria and Iraq. We firmly believe that human rights and security are closely related, because
humanrightsarethefundamentalbasisforthefightagainstterrorism.However,Israelhasallowed
horrible acts of violence and oppression to take place under the guise of counter-terrorism. This
is real state terrorism, which must be criticized in regards to the situation in the Middle East,
Moreover,UnitedStatesandWesterncountries’aidandsupportofIsrael’smilitaryactivitiesinthe
MiddleEastarethesubjectofonlylimitedattention.Hence,theproblemofterrorismisaggravated.
Abetterfutureformankind
In launching the U.S.’s war in Iraq in the name of fighting terrorism,
President George W. Bush said ‘It was something far more precious than
humanlifethatwefoughtfor’,buthealsoremindedpeoplethat‘nothingis
more precious than human life.’ Throughout history, there have been many
examples of this kind of self-contradictory language. So it is the same with
theongoingconflictintheMiddleEast.OvertheyearsintheIraqilabyrinth,
fighting for freedom has been held to be more precious than human life by
U.S.policymakers,andtheU.S.continuestowanderinsearchfortheendto
thewarinIraq.
In their book ‘The Three Trillion Dollar War,’ two authors, the Nobel
ArthurWellesley
Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz and Harvard professor Linda
(1769-1852),United
Kingdom’sField
Bilmes analyze U.S. expenditures in the so-called war against terrorism.
MarshalandDukeof
Fromaneconomicpointofview,theypredictthatwarexpenditureswillrise
Wellington,proved
meaninglessofwar
to 3 trillion, including many hidden costs, and criticize the U.S. counter-
terrorismstrategyasawastefulwarexpenditurethatactuallydenigratesthe
valueofhumanlives,whicharemorepreciousthanmoney,insteadofinvestinginpeople’swelfare
andeconomicdevelopment.
Even though the U.S. is the only undisputed superpower at present, wars bring the greatest of
superpowers to their feet. As superpowers stagger under the weight of wartime expenditures,
national development languishes and investment in world development stagnates. Hence, world
powers should instead try to resolve their shared problem of terrorism through peaceful means.
U.S.styleisinternally-biasedandcounterproductivebecauseitdependsontheuseofarmedforce,
whichperpetuatesandexacerbatessufferinginthedesignatedenemyterritoriesandtherebycreates
freshbreedinggroundforterrorism.WeneedonlyrecalltheUnitedKingdom’sFieldMarshaland
DukeofWellingtonArthurWellesley’smaximthat‘Nothingbutabattlelostcanbesomelancholy
asbattlewon’.BecauseheemergedasthevictoratWaterloooverNapoleon,hisproverbisanacute
reminderoftheneedforpeaceandmeasurestoavoidwar.Thisisespeciallynecessaryinorderto
findmoreeffectivealternativestotheU.S.styleofcounter-terrorismstrategy.
Inconclusion,wemustrememberthatKwonYoung-sol,lawprofessorofChungangUniversity,‘in
theabsenceofrespectforhumanrights,victoryinwaragainstterrorismiseffortstonopurpose’
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