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Strategy - Terrorism - Part 1
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- 1Who's the author with the six points?Philip Gordon
- 2What's the acronym for remembering Gordon's six points?FMS - CAR
- 3What does the 'FMS' in FMS-CAR stand for?Flawed Diagnosis, Mis-Using Force, Squandering Credbility
- 4What does the 'CAR' in FMS-CAR stand for?Conflating threats, Alienating Allies, Resource Gap
- 5What is the genesis of Gordon's argument?US have been fighting the wrong war against AQ
- 6What does Michael Howard argue?We should not be fighting terrorism as a war. Should be a crime.
- 7What does Michael Howard suggest fighting a war against terrorists does?Declaring war legitimises terrorists
- 8Who are the two authors who Prof Rainsbourgh writes for?Peter Neumann and MLR Smith
- 9What is Neumann and Smith's argument?GWOT too reliant on the use of force and ignores political aspect
- 10What does Bruce WHO argue? (two points)Bruce Riedel - NATO must not let Afghan slip into chaos, and must try and solve Israel/Arab conflict
- 11What does Sarah WHO say are the three objectives of AQ?Sarah Zabel. New Caliphate, get rid of US influence in ME
- 12What strategies does Sarah WHO say AQ can employ?Passive and active
- 13What does Sarah WHO say are the two AQ drivers?Third crusader movement and democracy being incompatible with Islam
- 14Who outlines the 3 AQ objectives? What was his position?Sayf al-Adel – AQ Security Chief
- 15What does Sayf al-Adel say are the three AQ objectives for 9/11?Hit the head of the snake to smash its arrogance. Create the emergence of new world leadership. Prompt the serpent to come out of its hole
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