Stupidity: the Outcome of the "War on Terrorism"

Simon Jenkins has a distinguished history as a journalist (1). Writing for 15 years in Guardian, his columns have an advantage of a wide perspective.

“The 'war on terror' licenses a new stupidity in geopolitics” rightfully attacks the verbiage of “war on terrorism” used by governments (United States, Great Britain, Pakistan) to the point of distorting the threat and promising the impossible from military action.
Stopping the few committed to terrorism by using weapons of destruction, e.g., suicide bombers, will not stop through military intervention. In fact, it seems clearly to exacerbate their occurrences!
The policies based on the erroneous concept of “war” on terrorism represent a misfit. War cannot control individuals; in fact, it creates its own enemies, e.g., I must be considered an enemy of the “war”.
Having created an enormous disaster, changing the verbiage will be insufficient to alter the course of our gruesome history. But, it will be a start and will initiate changes in policies that will be more in line with dealing with terrorists, viz., through police and legal interventions.

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Per Wikipedia, Sir Simon Jenkins (born 10 June 1943) is a British newspaper columnist currently associated with The Guardian after fifteen years with News International titles. He was educated at Mill Hill School, the Beechen Cliff School in Bath, England and St John's College, Oxford.
A former editor of The Times newspaper, he received a knighthood for services to journalism in the 2004 New Year honours. Among his many other awards, he was named What the Papers Say Journalist of the Year in 1998. He also holds an Honorary Fellowship from the University of Wales, Lampeter.