How can Blair fight a war on terror? Terror is not an ideology or an army; terror is a technique.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Hockney critiques framing terror as an ideology or army, calling it merely a technique.
- In plain terms
- Terror is not an army or idea but a method.
- What can you take from it?
- Terror is a tactic not an enemy to defeat like a state.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is terror a tactic or a movement?
- How should we define the enemy?
Another view
The distinction may overlook that groups do develop ideologies around terror.
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