Counterterrorism: A Mission the U.S. Cannot Declare Finished
The United States may want to move on, but terrorism doesnโt follow strategy documents. It adapts, migrates, and persists โ because it works.
In โ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ: ๐ ๐๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ,โ Sal Artiaga reframes counterterrorism where it belongs: as a core function of irregular warfare, not a finite campaign measured by raids or body counts.
Terrorism is about legitimacy, fear, and narrative. Counterterrorism is about denying all three โ across physical, digital, and cognitive domains โ with endurance, not escalation.
At ๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฒ, we see counterterrorism for what it is:
a long-term contest of belief, influence, and legitimacy.