Monday, December 9, 2013

Controlling Terrorists

Open email to:
Charles Hagel, Secretary of Defense
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Chairman of Select Committee on Intelligence Rep Mike Rogers, Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee

Dear Sec. Hagel and Chairmen Feinstein and Rogers,
The Washington Times has an article concerning a congressional debate over whether Pres. Obama has understated the threat of foreign terrorists to US citizens. I am not concerned here with whether or not Pres. Obama has understated the case. I am concerned with the mention of terrorist "safe havens" in the article.
The US State Department  describes terrorist safe havensn as ungoverned, under-governed, or ill-governed physical areas where terrorists are able to organize, plan, raise funds, communicate, recruit, train, transit, and operate in relative security because of inadequate governance capacity, political will, or both. It lists current safe havens as existing in Somalia, Algeria, Libya, Niger, Mauritania, Mali, Sulawesi Sea (SE Asia), The Sulu Archipelago, Mindanao (Philippines), Iraq, Lebanon, Yemen, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Venezuela, Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay,
We have a satellite surveillance system, such that we should be able to locate physical areas of terrorist concentration, wherein they are carrying out the activities mentioned above.
When the areas of terrorist concentration are located, the US State Department should advise the official government in charge that we will be attacking terrorist forces within their territory, which should not be interpreted as an act of war. This has a disadvantage of also notifying the terrorist groups, so that they may disperse. However, when we make the statement of "non-war" to the controlling government, we should indicate that it will be ongoing. In time the terrorists will re-accumulate, thus giving us an opportunity to strike with attack drones.

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