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Adjust information and lessons learned to different cultures,
situation, and politics.
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Address transparency of information to the public. This will
involve more interfaces with the media.
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Understand the scope of popular support. The measure of effectiveness
is not body count, but the number of people who have been re-educated
and turned to support the concept of a civil society.
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Intelligence emanates from daily contacts with civilians. They
provide the information on what terrorists intend to do.
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The solution is not military. Terrorist groups have a student
sector, a labor front, and so on, many fronts and issues that
the government cannot address. For example, poverty is not the
job of the military. Other agencies must be tasked to counter
poverty.
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Consider the benefits of restructuring the armed forces to combat
terrorism.
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Discuss the line between military and police and how we define
this relationship.
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Strike some balance between human and majority rights. We all
have different views and so we come to consensus through negotiation
on individual and majority rights.
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Focus on applying what you have learned and keep it simple.
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Understanding has to permeate the military, political authority
and civil society. There is an interconnectedness that is crucial
to success. Without this understanding we may go about countering
terrorism incorrectly. If we do not combat terrorism we may
lose, however if we combat it unwisely we will also lose.
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Consider the seminar a model for an education and training vehicle
to use in country. Take and develop case studies that are country
specific. Adapt the exercise. Involve civilians, and reach out
to civilian officials and academics to help develop curriculum
and involve them in the training. Look at developing a combating
terrorism research center. Military officers are concerned about
the immediate and near immediate. Academics have the freedom
to sit back and think about things.
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Military has the responsibility to quantify the risk, but civilians
have the role of judging that risk.
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Think about things that change and things that don't. Things
that change are public opinion, resources, the people involved.
Processes and bureaucracies don't change.
