However, from the current point of view, the Trump administration still has not got rid of the long-standing anti-terrorism habit of attaching importance to military affairs and neglecting diplomacy in the United States. American experts believe that in the post-9. 1 1 era, if this anti-terrorism policy is not changed, it will be difficult for the United States to escape the strange circle of "more anti-terrorism".
Why can't 65,438+10,000 people beat the Taliban of 16?
Matthew Hough, a senior researcher at the Center for International Policy, an American think tank, said that in the past few decades, a cornerstone of American foreign policy has been "military means first". All countries that have been interfered by the United States in their internal affairs, including Libya, Iraq, Yemen and Afghanistan, have experienced turmoil without exception.
While the United States "destroyed" militarily, it lacked the follow-up diplomatic "reconstruction" efforts, so Afghanistan, Libya and other countries fell into domestic turmoil for a long time.
Trump announced his new Afghan war strategy on August 2 1 day, officially taking over the longest war in American history, saying that the important pillar of the new strategy is to fully integrate American diplomatic, economic and military forces. However, most of Trump's speeches involve the military. He even said bluntly that the goal of the United States is to "kill terrorists", but said in an understatement that he was open to reaching a political solution including the Taliban in the future.
Bill Goodfellow, executive director of the Center for International Policy, believes that the war in Afghanistan has been going on for 16 years. At one time, the United States stationed more than 654.38+million troops in Afghanistan, but this cannot defeat the Taliban, so it will not bring substantial changes to the limited military force invested in Afghanistan again. He said that political negotiation is the only way to stop the war, and the United States should devote all its energy to this aspect.
The United States cannot complete the anti-terrorism task alone.
Marvin Weinbaum, director of Pakistan Research Program of Middle East Institute, an American think tank, and honorary professor of political science at the University of Illinois, also believes that it is a pity that the United States has greatly played down the role of diplomacy in the process of counter-terrorism.
Weinbaum took the Afghan war as an example. No matter what he said, the US government always believed that the Taliban had no intention to solve the Afghan problem through political means. He pointed out that the mistake of the US anti-terrorism policy lies in the fact that the US does not realize that without the successful support of Afghanistan's national construction, any sustainable military achievement can not be achieved, and this can only be achieved through diplomatic means.
In addition, the team of American ambassadors abroad is seriously short of staff. According to the data provided by the American Diplomat Association, as of September 6th, among 188 American ambassadors to other countries or international organizations, only 19 have been formally appointed, and 28 have only been nominated, and most of the nominations have just been submitted to Congress for approval in the past two months.
Richard Stoll, a professor of political science at Rice University in the United States, believes that the lack of foreign ambassadors will have a great impact on the implementation of anti-terrorism policies. The United States can't complete the anti-terrorism task alone, and needs to seek coordination and cooperation from other countries or organizations, and ambassadors abroad have played an extremely important role in this process.
Threat spread
The frequent terrorist attacks in Britain are because "a tree attracts the wind"
Britain has suffered many terrorist attacks this year, and the British police have foiled many terrorist attacks in the past few months. British experts believe that Britain, as a traditional political and economic power in Europe, is inevitably a "tree that attracts the wind" and has long been the target of terrorist attacks.
Imran Awan, deputy director of the Center for Applied Criminology of Birmingham City University, said in an interview with Xinhua News Agency that the terrorist attack on such a "valuable target" as Britain was "something to celebrate".
He believes that Britain's referendum on Britain's "Brexit" and its chain reactions such as government change and early elections have aroused widespread concern in the international community, which may be one of the reasons why Britain has become the target of terrorist attacks. Since the beginning of this year, Britain once raised the terrorist threat level to the highest "critical" level, and it is still at the second highest "serious" level, which means that an attack is very likely. The British counter-terrorism department said earlier this year that the country is facing the most serious threat of terrorist attacks in 40 years.
Britain has repeatedly said that Britain and the United States should continue their "special relationship". "Britain followed the United States in the war on terrorism, actively participated in military operations in Iraq, and was ready to bomb the Islamic State at any time, which is why Britain became the target." Awan said that Britain has positioned itself as a "close ally" of the United States in Europe. British Prime Minister Tony theresa may is the first foreign leader to visit President Trump since he took office.
In addition, at least three terrorist attacks in Britain this year used knives or cars as criminal tools, which also made the anti-terrorism situation more severe.
Since the beginning of this year, there have been many terrorist attacks in Britain, causing serious casualties. In addition, the British police revealed at the beginning of this year that since June 20 13, the police have successfully foiled 13 terrorist attacks against Britain.
Europe still has a long way to go to eliminate terrorism.
In recent years, the scope of international terrorist activities has been expanding, and terrorist attacks have also taken place in Europe, which was originally safe, causing panic. Although the extremist organization "Islamic State" has been losing ground in the Middle East recently, terrorist activities in Europe are still rampant. European experts and scholars believe that the root cause of terrorism has not been eradicated, terrorist attacks have become more difficult to prevent, and the world, especially Europe, still has a long way to go in the fight against terrorism.
Professor Pierre Filioud of the Paris School of Political Science believes that the root of terrorism lies in the United States. "It was Bush's all-out war in the Middle East that laid the foundation for the spread of terrorism today." .
Family problems, discrimination and lack of knowledge make young people easily confused by the propaganda of terrorist organizations. The prominent social division in Europe also provides the soil for the infiltration of terrorist forces. How to effectively prevent and jointly fight terrorism has become the most important issue for European countries. ?