ABSTRACT
The discussions in the previous chapter indicated that terrorism is not likely to disappear anytime soon. While there is little consensus among analysts on most aspects of terrorism, there is general agreement that it will persist (Weinberg 2012 : 1-2). The United States announced that it was beginning a war against terrorism, a war that would be prosecuted as vigorously as possible. This is not the fi rst time a war against terrorism had been declared. In September 1901 President Theodore Roosevelt called for a campaign to exterminate terrorism in the aftermath of the assassination of President McKinley by an anarchist (Rapoport 2003 : 36). Needless to say, terrorism was not eliminated in the century that followed the McKinley assassination. Notwithstanding the hopes of some in the West, it is also not likely to disappear any time in the immediate future. Terrorism has been common throughout history, and it would be contrary to past experience to expect it to disappear in the current century (Davis and Jenkins 2002 : 3-4). Frustrations among those not in power, the effects of globalization, ethnic and religious animosities, and the continuing effects from the break up of empires and states will continue to fuel problems and violence. Trouble spots in various parts of the world will continue to be present and contribute to circumstances that are conducive to political violence.
