http://www.alertnet.org/db/blogs/1264/2006/09/4-164755-1.htm
Imagine a world without terror Imagine a world where the "war on terror" just fades away. It seems a bit of tough proposition, but a Madrid-based institute is getting a series of writers to assume this is going to happen, and describe how. In the first one, Balder Hageraats, a researcher at the Institute for Studies of Conflict and Humanitarian Action (IECAH), comes up with eight possibilities: * Victory according to U.S. President George W. Bush. All the "terrorists" are dead, the world embraces democracy and capitalism. * Victory according to the French. "Terrorists" are weakened, but Middle East governments honour their oil and nuclear contracts without too much hassle. * Isolationism. The United States and its allies limit their links with anyone else, and heighten security. * Western implosion. Western nations collapse, economic turmoil and social decay. And, Hageraats says, Chinese peacekeepers try to prevent genocide in Europe and the United States. * Western defeat. Muslim societies are dominated by Islamic fundamentalists. * Divine intervention. Hard to say whose god gets in there first. * No end. It just becomes normality. * No end. More and more people are designated "terrorists" and crammed into Guantanamo Bay. * Fade out. There's a new U.S. president, and the priorities of the present day get less and less important. Obviously, I'm paraphrasing. If you want to read Hageraats' whole argument, which is a mixture of serious and flippant, it's on the IECAH website <http://www.iecah.org/espanol/globaliza/segurid/endoftheWot.htm> . [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
