Citizen Dialogue

During the first years of the 21st century the tensions in the world are challenging our common security. The weekends three terror attacks in Turkey, Iraq and India that killed over 130 persons showes that the global security just getting worse. And now, in time of change, we should develop the “plan B” in our global security.

The US/Israel developed policy to bomb Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, Lebanon, Tibet and others are according to me proven the wrong way to reach security.

I will argue for “plan B”. Where global development in economy and human rights are destroying the foundation for terrorism. Most terror groups are growing in extremely poor areas of the world, where illiterate people have no other views than “the great Satan” that are bombing their countries.

With plan B, where the US puts their money for wars to global development should provide a total change in the political system in the world. The United States could, with some smart development programs could take away the great base for recruitment, funding and public support for the terror organizations. The leading terrorists would still be there, and may be taken down by a armed force, but it´s no need to attack a whole country.

The conflict I know best are the Kurdish situation in Turkey. PKK have been attacking Turkey many times to oppose their agenda and get freedom. And Turkey are always responding the hard way, only leading to more suffering and hate. If the Kurds could get their cultural rights back, economical development and identity the extremists within PKK would get a much smaller support by ordinary people in the region. This could start a positive reaction leading to the funders and leaders of the terror in Turkey. And I would imagine the same thing happening in other terrorist states.

The “plan B” would be an Marshall Plan for global development and a large project to build bridges between cultures. We have much more in common than we think. Give the people in this regions hope for a better future. And their support for terrorist will go down.