US and Iran Relations

Introduction

Terrorism, though still not unanimously characterised, is the international occurrence with the kind of types like devout terrorism, state-sponsored terrorism, ecological terrorism, narco terrorism, worldwide terrorism, household terrorism, atomic terrorism, etc. The period terrorism is utilised with numerous theoretical underpinnings and with distinct phenomenal expressions.

“Terrorism is possibly best examined as archetypal shark in water. It should certainly proceed ahead to endure and really to succeed. Although survival entails obviating governmental contradict assesses conceived to unearth and decimate terrorists and their association, achievement is reliant on overwhelming defenses and personal security obstacles conceived to foil attack. In these values, necessity for change in alignment to stay one step before counterterrorism bend compels terrorists to change-adjusting and acclimatizing their methods, modus operandi, and occasionally even their tools for fighting schemes as needed. The better, more very resolute, and more complicated terrorists will thus habitually find the way to convey on their struggle.” (Wright 2006:10)

The underlying conceptual paradigm vis-à-vis terrorism and terrorists is of increasing interest to academics and researchers involved in field of criminological studies. Its theoretical and tactical contours are intensively studied and some recent empirical findings have given rise to certain hypotheses formulation: (Rashid 23)

First, it should be recognized that terrorism is, always has been, and always will be instrumental, planned, purposeful and premeditated. To effectively fight terrorism, the better understanding of terrorists and terrorism must be gained than has been case in past.

Second, it must be recognized that terrorism is fundamentally the form of psychological warfare. Terrorists seek to elicit an irrational and emotional response. The countermeasures response should be psychological as well as physical; diplomatic as well as military and economic as well as persuasion. (Peters 12)Third, as personal freedom and civil liberties in the democratic system attract terrorists, so public, political leadership and especially judiciary must have realistic expectations from law-enforcement agencies that how to protect general public against hidden enemies in any open and free democratic society.

Discussion

Before anyone can give suggestions on stopping terrorism, term "terrorism" must be defined. The so-call acts of terrorism that took place on September 11, were viewed as hatred terrorist acts in eyes of America, however, other countries viewed this as an act of "justice."

To answer question "Will we ever be able to fully stop terrorists and their activities," is unknown. On September 11 we entered into what is already being called age of asymmetrical conflict, an age when networks of terrorists and criminals can threaten security of United States, greatest hegemonic power of early twenty-first century, without using traditional military instruments. (Matinuddin 52) And so United States finds itself confronted with an almost impossible situation. No longer relevant are old Cold War maxims of national security policy that emphasized deterrence through threat of retaliation. Direct military retaliation is impossible when one cannot locate those who initiate an attack. We might be able to isolate and cut off financial resources of such terrorists, but as we are now seeing in Afghanistan, they have few assets that ...