Guerilla tactice by terrorists. How to counter?

Question

in indian mythology lord Rama took help of army of monkeys to fight against the mighty enemy.And he defeated the enemy. We should use the same tricks to fight the terrorists.We should use modern weapons like chemical and biological weapons to wipe out the terrorists. It is a proxy war against the terrorists.we have to join together and win the war at any cost.

Everything is fair in war. what do you say?

Answer 1

I think the use of chemical and bio weapons would open a can of worms we really don't want to see.

Also, your blanket use of the term "terrorist" is incorrect. A terrorist uses methods designed to kill and maim innocent civilians in order to strike fear into the hearts of those same civilians. A person fighting armed and ready soldiers is NOT a terrorist! That person is an enemy combatant.

Answer 2

Are you the brolther of Saddam and also you should know there is Bush present in this world and also in power though for a short period.

Answer 3

d**k Nixon is that you??

Answer 4

Only Well Calculated Combing Operation is the answer

Answer 5

Hearts and minds and bringing the citizens on our side and letting them fight the enemy has proven effective. No need to revert to barbaric tactics.  

Answer 6

Have you seen the effects of chemical biological weapons. I have. It's not nice.

You can't just wipe out terrorists, people will always have strong views, religious and political.

  

Answer 7

What does the Rama reference have to do with the rest of your question? Lord Rama also did not just wipe out Lanka. He did as little damage as he could, in fact leaving most of Lanka intact so that the people wouldn't suffer.  We should not use bio and chemical weapons because in doing that you will kill many innocent people. The only effective weapon against terrorism and ignorance is education. Terrorists are created by misinformation and misguided ideals. Using the most potent and dangerous weapons is not and will never be a good idea. If we were to use them, then what would stop Terrorists who somehow got their hands on a nuclear weapon from using them? It is easy to sit here behind your chair in comfy suburbia while the fighting happens thousands of miles away between soldiers and people you don't understand. Half the worlds problems stem from the refusal to try and understand other people, and blatant ignorance. V

Answer 8

How about making sure our policies don't create more terrorists instead.

Answer 9

Even the US would hesitate and consider deeply before

resorting to the nuclear,chemical and biological weapons.While one appreciates your frustration at the

government's helplessness against terrorists,you should also not allow your emotions to run away with you.Are you even aware of the widespread ruin and devastation

that will be caused by these WMDs(weapons of mass

destruction)?

Answer 10

very easy. Boycott them at every level. Employment, business,education. housing etc. They would flee to Pakiland, Bdesh or wherever. No need for any violence at all!

Do not get tempted and hire their cheap labor. Best counter measure. NO heavy investment. No Indian (non Muslim) life at risk. All that is needed is UNITY. We can remove this cancer for all time. Just watch India bloom then.

This is the only way because our politicians are corrupt.

This needs to be done NOW as tomorrow will be too late.

Answer 11

The dilemma: the guerrilla soldiers in Iraq are civillians. They're ordinary people by day but trained suicide bombers when the time comes to strike. My uncle who was in Iraq told a story about a sniper who was making strikes on his men was a grocery store owner. If we use chemical and biological weapons, we can't avoid killing hundreds of  innocent people either.

Answer 12

I say "get off of Yahoo Answers, nutball"

Answer 13

I am sorry but while Lord Rama had a good idea, yours frankly stinks.

I doubt that you have ever seen the pitfalls and problems that Chemical and Biological weapons can cause for the user, much less the enemy! And there is the minor problem ( assuming you are American) of it being against all conventions, Geneva or otherwise, to use such weapons against what will surelly be a civilian population. Just remember Radavan never expected to be on trial, but he is; which US president would risk his neck sanctioning this?

We can beat terrorists, Britain did in Malaya, by a combination of reasonable force; isolating the terrorist, and depriving him of motivation.

Some of this is being used in Iraq and in the Stan.

You dont beat a terrorist by being one, Hitler tried to suppress the Resistance in WW2 by overkill and massacres, remember the result?

I am sure you are not stupid, just off the track a little

Answer 14

If you study the history of warfare, you will find that very few wars were ever won against a guerilla militia.  If they did win it was because of very few guerrillas were up against a huge army...From the French and Indian War to Vietnam Gueriilla warfare has been victorious.  Why? because they use hit and run tactics and unlike conventional warfare they hide themselves in the shadows of the populace.  Guerrilla warfare can be a very surprising strategic victory as well...Take for instance the Greek resistance of World War 2...They repelled Mussolinis Army only to be overrun by the n**i's, but that type of force led to the postponement of the invasion of the Eastern Front by Germany and eventually some would argue to one of the major reasons for the Germans losing the war.  Good deal for us, but certainly one of World Histories lessons.  

The Leadership of our military in Iraq is similar to this situation.  We have been using overwhelming force to root out insurgents, but at what cost?  We are leveraging to much money, time and energy against an enemy that is diffcult to find and destroy.  Insurgency is mostly guerrillas who are from far and wide in the region, who do not pay attention to rules of engagement or national borders.

No!, our role should strictly help the Iraqi police force utilize their resources to fight this enemy and we should be their support in air power, special forces and technology with smaller sized rapid reaction forces to a given situation, but safely out of harms way of IED's, Mortar and Rocket attacks.  This should be the policy...and anyone who argues it should look at the cost of the many unnecassary US lives that have been taken not to mention the weakening economy and our global defense against real threats like China, Russia Iran and N. Korea.

Answer 15

So, I guess I should be sorry that we didn't Nuke the Russian's when we had a chance? Would this have made a better world? That's a little like injecting heroin for a headache.

Answer 16

Ok. Let's say you want to try this. HOW!? How do you use biological weapons against guerillas? They are hidden amongst regular people. How do you use them and not take out entire populations of innocent people?  Every time you kill an innocent person in the name of fighting terrorism, you turn public opinion against you. What happens when someone kills your family while trying to get terrorists? YOU want to become a terrorist to get revenge! There are a LOT of terrorists right now in Iraq, for example, who never would have become terrorists had Americans not bombed their houses or killed their children trying to get at the enemy. When you murder innocent people, you become the terrorists. You ARE the terrorists. What is more, when you murder innocent people, you become the terrorists. You ARE the terrorists. Sorry, but this is a HORRIBLE idea. It would accomplish the exact opposite of what it is supposed to: it would create MORE terrorists, and turn US into terrorists as well. Sorry, there is no army of monkeys to do the fighting. The key to defeating terrorism is to take away their political ammunition. You need to win the hearts of the people, help them, build up countries and their societies and economies and bring prosperity and joy to them. That will prevent people from becoming terrorists in the first place. Destroying a person's house or wiping out their neighbors with poison gas creates terrorism; it doesn't defeat it.

Answer 17

I think we should just give My Little Pony Merchandise to all of the young daughters of the terroists so that way we'll be on friendly terms with them =)

Answer 18

I'd say that if you're fighting a COUNTRY, use what weapons you have, keeping in mind that if you commit atrocities, you'll have that to deal with also.  If you're NOT out to kill everyone including the women and children, then you have to be a little more selective.

Chemical weapons can be tricky because of wind and water systems -- you can end up dosing yourself, and the effects can be long-lasting on the environment, making drinking water undrinkable even if it's the only water for miles and you are out of the supplies you brought.  Biological weapons are preyto the same vagaries of nature, and can intereact with unintended living targers in unpredictable ways.  So even if you decided to use them, you'd have to deal with the consequences.

That said, I think it is possible to handicap yourself so badly trying to fight a just war that you end up losing, though.  And I'd have no problem with taking a prisoner previously captured and using them as a human shield against the enemy he came from.  Not sure what the Geneva convention says about that.

P.S.  I think that any time you are fighting people who are so h**l bent on their way of thinking that they're willing to die for it, you have to ask yourself if you have the same motivation as a "peacekeeper" or "policeman" or whatever to stay in it for the long run.  That's the tough part.  In the long run, it may be easier to change their thinking by getting rid of the extremism before it leads to guerilla wars.

Answer 19

sounds cool

Answer 20

for sure...we have the technology why gamble any more of our troops...use it to wipe out whole loads of terrorists

Answer 21

think of the ramifications of a nbc war it would polute the world!!!!! my idea infiltrate terrorists orgs. with moles and destroy from within!!!!