Summary about terrorism

last SG · 2006-02-08T17:03:08+00:00

What Gun is talking about is environmental pollution causing climate changes, I think.

Salman SG

I think terrorists are everywhere. Thats why they are caught all over the world, no where is safe. Even in peaceful Singapore.

ShutterBug SG

Yes, they hide everywhere, in any country. So the moment the country they are hiding in go against them, they'll take issue with that country.

I think, we can't possibly rid the entire world of terrorists, but as you say, we keep them in check by keeping on our toes.

Thing is, the more we hit on them, the more issues they will have with us.

Like credit card usage - bill you later....

strikefreedom SG

ROFL so you are suggesting we should succumb to their threat and leave them alone and pray that they won't hit on us since:

Dun use credit card = no bills to pay later Mr. Green

ShutterBug SG

Well, I agree, we should never allow them to push us around, true. But Since we've already hopped onto the Anti-terrorists Wagon, we will have to carry on being vigilant.

Once you start spending - you gotta keep paying....

iveco SG

He is trying to say that a military solution in itself will not work in the long run. There has to be some room for negotiation.

The Americans gave us no choice but to follow their lead, or risk being put in the same league as the terrorists. Anyone remember Bush's speech when he said "Either you are for us or against us"?

strikefreedom SG

it not abt since we already get on the anti-terrorists wagon, it we MUST get tough with terrorists. you sound like it a wrong move by the goverment to crack down on JI and it become a liablility.

we should be worried if the goverment is not going to clamp down on terrorist activities becos we will be place in uncertain and defintely in a country where safety doesn't exist.

preventive is always greater then remedy.

in this case it a money that is defintely worth and must be spend.

ShutterBug SG

Which brings me back to my initial posting; how come, China isn't so anti-terrorists? I mean, I don't hear or see them proactively digging up big fat terrorist worms?

iveco SG

Probably because China isn't completely surrounded by Islamic countries, unlike Singapore and Israel.

A side note, I don't think the USA is the best authority to fight the war on terror. It is better for a multilateral task force under the UN to do so.

ShutterBug SG

Since we're on the topic of terrorism; don't you think that our government should be mindful of them targetting HDB flats than MRT stations and large financial institutes to blow up?

strikefreedom SG

when did we join US in the attack on Iraq? clamping down and waging war is two different things. there are so many countries that doesn't approved the war, but still clamp down on terrorists does that mean they are in the same league as the terrorist since they don't follow US?

clamping down terrorist is the job of every goverment and it not for the sake of polishing any particular ass.

strikefreedom SG

they have their own problem with the muslim chinese around xinjiang area for years if you don't know as they want to be an independent state if i didn't remember wrongly.

and if they really want to clamp down on dissidents they can be very tough on them, don't forget the famous Tian An Men Shi Jian.

ShutterBug SG

I don’t know, but I’m of the opinion that Bush is a war-hawk.

strikefreedom SG

terrorists can strike anywhere but if they want to inflict damage, they will inflict something that will hurt the goverment badly that why the terrorists target the World Trade Center rather then any downtown residential area.

will you choose to bomb a hdb housing estate or will you bomb the building in Shenton Way? even if you want to destroy human life, mrt will still a better target since it will not only kill alot of ppl but most imptly it will disable the service for a pretty long time.

iveco SG

Nowhere have I confused the war on terror and the Iraq war. Bush probably did.

I am of the opinion that the war on terror was derailed by the occupation of Iraq by US forces. Not to mention that many countries felt uneasy over the campaigns in Afghanistan.

strikefreedom SG

ah i do agree with you this time Very Happy yeah but then the thing abt UN is they are always so divided in everything. it like their job is to go in and be the happy policeman after war have been wage. Mr. Green

strikefreedom SG

well it more like Bush is trying to use it as an excuse to remove saddam from power. but no matter who invade who, the job of our goverment is to keep terrorist at bay no matter what happen. that is the main point that we should be concern.

ShutterBug SG

Err.. I'd think that the MRT stations and all important buildings in Singapore are too well guarded. So instead, causing widespread panic by blowing up residential buildings can also cripple economy. No?

Imagine, thousands end up in the streets after an HDB building gets decimated, because everyone is fearful to stay home. Work will be affected, public services will be overloaded, and the rest I can leave it to imaginations.

ShutterBug SG

I’m baffled, as to why the authorities didn’t think along this line?

iveco SG

Well, we might never know which building will be targeted next. Hence alertness is a necessity. A suicide bomber could well detonate himself in the HDB town centres, couldn't he?

ShutterBug SG

You know; just imagine, lets say a 40 storey HDB flat, ok, blow up the supporting beams in the void deck - what happens? Imagine.. just imagine...

Then after that, the aftermath, the panic, the lost of trust or faith, what do you think will become of ordinary public people? De-stabilized. Once that happens, employees won't be able to turn up for work, so on and so forth.

I'm no terrorist mastermind, any kid can dream up a plan like this. All you need, is to cause panic and lost of faith. Lost of confidence.

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