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Addressing Nuclear Weapons
Nuclear weapons would actually be counterproductive when dealing with terrorism. Nuclear weapons are effective as a deterrent against state-actors because a state-actor cares about the fate of civilians under its purview. Terrorists have no corresponding care, so the destruction of tens or hundreds of thousands of people (mostly civilians) with a nuclear weapon would not only be a war-crime, it would anger possible allies in the region. Additionally, terrorists are typically not concentrated in one area for a long period of time, which is necessary for a nuclear weapon to be of any tactical use. Any solution to fighting Islamist or Jihadist terrorism would necessarily avoid using nuclear weapons for these reasons.
On Islamism and Jihadism
Instead a comprehensive approach must be taken to destroy Islamist and Jihadist Terrorism. Let us first clarify our terms. Contrary to popular confusion, Islamism is not a religion; Islam is the religion and Jihad is a religious concept within Islam. Islamism and Jihadism, however, are political ideologies whose goal is to bring the religious tenets of Islam into the daily functioning of a government and its laws. Jihadism is a form of Islamism that not only wishes a particularly repressive version of Islamic Law to be instituted, but believes that violence in defense of the faith is the preferred way to do this. Jihadism, like Islamism, is a political ideology rooted in Islamic religious concepts, but distorted. The distortion here is that there are many ways to advocate on behalf of Islam and the choice to exclusively use violence is a misinterpretation of the doctrine. While it is only a minority (between 10-20%) of Muslims who are Islamists and a far smaller number (<3%) who are Jihadists, almost all Islamists and Jihadists are Muslims.
Islamism and Jihadism are both modern political theories, barely more than 100 years old and while there may be some debate about whether all forms of Islamism should be opposed, there is no real disagreement outside of Islamist circles that Jihadism should be opposed. Islamism is in direct opposition to the concepts of secularism, equality before the law, and freedom of speech. Jihadism is in direct opposition of peaceful and mutual cooperation between nations.
Methods to Go About Fighting Islamism and Jihadism
Jihadist movements that actually control territory, like the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), can only really be dealt with militarily and to liberate the people under their control. However, taking direct violent action against Jihadists in areas that they do not control, such using drone strikes in Pakistan, has been shown to not only be ineffective at curbing Islamism, but actually lends credence to arguments put forward by Islamists to Non-Islamist Muslims that the only way to preserve their way of life is to join the fight against the West and its values. As a result, taking direct violent action in areas not controlled by Jihadists should be avoided.
Non-Muslim Contributions
Unfortunately, the real opposition to Islamism needs to come from Non-Islamist Muslims, either those who believe in secularism and/or basic human rights and democracy. However, Non-Muslims can take some actions in this regard.
1) Awareness: Raise Awareness about Islamism and its distinct political and apartheid character. When people are informed, they can politically mobilize. Additionally, make it clear to government leaders that excising the word "Islam" and the relevant parts of Islamic theology that undergird Islamism from official counter-terrorism manuals and courses is to the detriment of the citizens.
2) Liberal Islam: Promote, within Islam, any reformers like Tawfik Hamid, Maajid Nawaz, Irshad Manji, Tarek Fatah, etc. who could create a viable non-politically oriented Islam so that there is another path for Muslims. Also support individuals like Mustafa Akyol who promote an Islamic defense of secularism. These voices need to be able to sway more people to the idea that true Islam does not promote Islamism.
3) Political Correctness: Help breach the requirements that speech be "tolerant" of different groups in society so that we can actually have discussions about the problematic entities (Islamism among others) in society, without worrying about offending people.
4) Human Rights Enforcement:Create nationwide and worldwide coalitions of people who defend the validity of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights that can actively take a political and military stand to oppose the rising tide of jihads and jihadism.
5) Local Law Enforcement: In a number of Western countries there are already laws on the books that outlaw vile practices associated with Islam, such as female genital mutilation. The non-enforcement of these laws selectively on Muslims helps enforce the Islamist narrative that Muslims should have superior privileges over Non-Muslims. As a result, enforcement is key. Locations that the police choose not to enforce the law in for fear of being seen as racist must have the laws enforced there.
6) Hate Speech Laws: Enforce hate speech laws repeatedly on Imams who actually say vile and hateful statements (such as more radical Imams and Islamist political parties like Hizb at-Tahrir and al-Muhajirun) and not against those who simply point out that such things are being said by the former.
Muslim Contributions
Within the Muslim Community, especially in the West, some really important concrete steps that they can take to help stem the tide of Islamism include:
1) Local Islamic Seminaries: One of the major problems for Western Muslims who are generally more liberal in their attitudes than their brothers and sisters in the Islamic World is that they end up going to mosques headed by Imams that went to Saudi Arabia for their education. This creates a mosque leadership that is more Islamist and radical relative to the Western Muslim population. Instead, develop a more liberal Western Islamic Seminary that can infuse the Islam of their students with more "liberal Western-ness" and more effectively protect the rights of all people. Tarek Fatah has discussed this problem as well, particularly in the Canadian context.
2) Protest Against Islamism: When protests arise concerning "Anti-Islamic" actions, Muslims should together for a counter-protest of "not-in-our-name" to the dominant pro-Islam protest group. While the Twitter campaigns are nice, actually marching in the street sends a more potent message. For example, somebody publishes an "Anti-Islamic" cartoon, advocate on behalf of the freedoms of the cartoonist regardless of the possible alienation of other Muslims. While doing so, the Muslims should hold signs saying "As Muslims we support the Freedom of Speech", etc. to clarify their stand. Maajid Nawaz has done similarly.
3) Debate with Other Muslims, Especially Islamists:Muslims should spend more time debating with other Muslims about how peaceful Islam should be and argue against wars and Islamism. Muslims should follow Mustafa Akyol's example and tell Muslims how Shari'a is worth more as a personal obligation than a national mandate. Muslims should discuss how they should fight for the civil rights of Non-Muslims in Muslim-majority countries. They should tell each other to stop blaming the "Imperialists", "Zionists", "Americans", etc. for their problems and actually examine the problems with their own societies.
4) Muslims should Demand Police Protection: Muslims should join individuals who wish to impose harsher criminalization of honor killings in order to safeguard women's rights. They should support allowing the police to learn about these particular customs that are particular to Islamic communities as opposed to its current taboo as "religious bias". Muslims should want the governments of the countries they live in to protect their families, not be concerned about how these horrible effects may "shame" the community.
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How are nuclear weapons important to defense?
Without nuclear weapons, another nation with nuclear weapons could launch an attack without worry of a retaliation. There are not that many ways of diverting a long-range ballistic missile.
The disadvantages of using biological agents?
The advantage is that chemical weapons doesn't destroy buidings. Also these weapons can be used by poor nations without nuclear weapons.The disadvantage is that chemical weapons contribute to the pollution of air, waters and soils. Also the use is sometimes dependent on the atmospheric conditions.
Which country needs uranium?
Countries having nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons but without important reserves of uranium.
Why are nuclear weapons a good thing?
Nuclear weapons are a good thing for the United States because they prevent others from using nuclear weapons on the US. In general, the world would probably be a better place without nuclear weapons if it weren't for the fact that they lead to research in all fields of Nuclear Engineering, like Nuclear Power plants and Nuclear Physics. Since nuclear weapons already exist in the world, for the US to get rid of their nuclear weapons would be unwise. Countries that dislike nuclear weapons or even radical terrorist cells and organizations would now have no reason not to launch a nuclear warhead at the US since no retaliation would occur. The strategy of nuclear weapons preventing others from using them against the US is called the Deterrent Strategy.
Why is Iran working on nuclear weapon program?
Because ww3 is around the corner and they dont want to be without any weapons. Nuclear weapons are a weapon but also a very good deterant
Did world war 1 have nuclear weapons?
No, the first Nuclear Weapons were created near the end of WWII as a way to defeat Japan without to great a loss to the USA's Armed Forces.
What wars was the US involved in without using nuclear bombs?
Every war that the US has fought except WW2 were fought entirely without using any nuclear weapons.
How was the war in Vietnam Fought?
What began as a guerrilla war escalated into a conventional general war, without the use of nuclear weapons (called a limited war). The stategy was a war of attrition (killing them until they were all gone). The tactics were "Search and Destroy"; and the measuring device was the "body count."
Are nuclear weapons threat to world peace?
War is part of the human condition. We started by throwing rocks and beating each other with sticks. Every time a new technology is developed people declare that it will be the weapon that will end the ability to wage war because the cost of hate has gone up to an unacceptable level. I know of several examples the recurve bow, gunpowder, crossbows, rifles, machine guns, flame throwers, napalm, and now nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons give cause to the war mongers to seek diplomatic and covert solutions rather than to go head to head with your opponent. But nuclear weapons have nothing whatever to do with world peace because if it did people would have already stopped shooting at each other after the first nuclear weapons were used back in 1945. In the end nuclear weapons are just another crossbow, capable of killing hundreds of thousands of people at a time. Non combatants have always born the heaviest toll of war, now the warmongers can kill us faster.
What two qualities of modern wars bothered Churchill?
One reason was nuclear weapons, the other was a war without qaurtier
What would the world be like without e equals mc2?
we wouldnt have clean nuclear weapons that didnt harm earth hope.
Why did Margaret Thatcher say A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us?
Margaret Thatcher believed that a world without nuclear weapons could lead to increased instability and heightened risks of conventional warfare. She argued that nuclear deterrence played a crucial role in maintaining peace among nations by preventing conflicts through the fear of mutually assured destruction. Without this deterrent, she feared that aggressive states might feel emboldened to engage in military actions, ultimately making the world more dangerous. Thus, she viewed nuclear weapons as a stabilizing force in international relations.
