War on Terrorism
If Canada is waging a war on terrorism, the war is being lost. Not that there is a loss of human life and property but there is a loss, nonetheless.
Is there a rampant fear of the unknown, of possible terrorist activity in our milieu of daily activity? One might not believe so. People walk quite freely about their daily activities of going to work, shopping, attending to entertainment events, going to church or whatever other activities are being attended to. Yet, there are times when one is faced with security measures that have been installed to prevent, if that is truly possible, terrorist activities that might be undertaken, for example getting into the Parliament buildings or other buildings that house government offices or at airports where security measures are in evidence and some which are there but the public is just not aware that they exist.
The war is being lost because terrorism, by definition, has induced a sufficiently high level of fear, that the public permits the government to institute measures that are not only expensive through direct costs, estimated now at two billion dollars a year but the indirect costs of time required at airports for pre-flights screening, additional time at border crossings, increased costs of goods as measures are in place that require additional time for screenings and additional paperwork. All of these costs need to be met.
Not only has Canada been faced with additional public expenditures for security but so has the greatest power on earth, United States of America. Bin Laden and his terrorist associates have brought the U.S. to its knees with all the costs to American society through homeland security and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. These costs are being met through taxation and the increase in the national debt. But the largest costs are those associated with the burden of fear that has filled American society.
It has been said that in all wars, there are individuals who profit. In the war against terrorism there are industries that profit. There are government departments and agencies that profit. It has also been said that wars do wonders for the reduction of the numbers of the unemployed. Some industries tied to the war measures are subject to rapid growth and the additional monies requires for production wages and salaries fuel local economies. There are all those in the administration of security programs that profit, as in any military, from the food-slogging soldier to the top generals who survive in the security of their headquarters and in their more comfortable living quarters. This has always been the case throughout the time and history of civilization.
Yes, the war on terrorism is being lost!
Is there a rampant fear of the unknown, of possible terrorist activity in our milieu of daily activity? One might not believe so. People walk quite freely about their daily activities of going to work, shopping, attending to entertainment events, going to church or whatever other activities are being attended to. Yet, there are times when one is faced with security measures that have been installed to prevent, if that is truly possible, terrorist activities that might be undertaken, for example getting into the Parliament buildings or other buildings that house government offices or at airports where security measures are in evidence and some which are there but the public is just not aware that they exist.
The war is being lost because terrorism, by definition, has induced a sufficiently high level of fear, that the public permits the government to institute measures that are not only expensive through direct costs, estimated now at two billion dollars a year but the indirect costs of time required at airports for pre-flights screening, additional time at border crossings, increased costs of goods as measures are in place that require additional time for screenings and additional paperwork. All of these costs need to be met.
Not only has Canada been faced with additional public expenditures for security but so has the greatest power on earth, United States of America. Bin Laden and his terrorist associates have brought the U.S. to its knees with all the costs to American society through homeland security and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. These costs are being met through taxation and the increase in the national debt. But the largest costs are those associated with the burden of fear that has filled American society.
It has been said that in all wars, there are individuals who profit. In the war against terrorism there are industries that profit. There are government departments and agencies that profit. It has also been said that wars do wonders for the reduction of the numbers of the unemployed. Some industries tied to the war measures are subject to rapid growth and the additional monies requires for production wages and salaries fuel local economies. There are all those in the administration of security programs that profit, as in any military, from the food-slogging soldier to the top generals who survive in the security of their headquarters and in their more comfortable living quarters. This has always been the case throughout the time and history of civilization.
Yes, the war on terrorism is being lost!
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