Terrorist Warfare

There are many was in which war has changed in the age of terrorism. Before you would know who your enemy was. You would be able to find the enemy just by them wearing the other uniform and that was all you needed to engage and destroy them, but today you need to jump through so many hoops to get authorization to use lethal force. You first have to find the enemy who knows the rules we play by and knows how to take advantage of these rules. They know as long as they keep their name clean that we can not engage. They know that we can not engage them unless they commit a hostile act first and they use this to their advantage by being able to walk up right beside you looking innocent and obtaining information they can later use against you or just use suicide tactics to take you out right then and there and there is absolutely nothing you can do about it. They are able to do this because they don’t wear a uniform, they blend in with the innocent civilians who are just trying to live their lives the best they can. Also the technology of war has changed a little instead of picking up radio transmissions and deciphering them, we just use wire taps and satellite recon to observe and hopefully identify a target so a strike can be authorized. The terrorism also feeds off the media who just feeds the fire by airing their attacks, it is just like a toddler breaking something to get attention. They can not get attention if you ignore their attacks and not let them instill a sense of fear amongst the  populous. But this is not all that new, it is just a form of total warfare which is probably the oldest type of warfare. It is to not just attack the enemies military but to attack everyone they hold dear to them, and is the most effective form of warfare.