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“Either terrorism triumphs or civilization triumphs.” Comment on the above statement.

  • UPSC 2011
  • 20 marks
  • Contemporary Global Concerns

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The statement belongs to the binary rhetoric that followed 11 September 2001. Addressing Congress on 20 September 2001, George W. Bush called the struggle "civilization's fight" and told the world, "Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists." The formula presents terrorism as an existential, zero-sum contest with no middle ground: morally…

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