Terrorism One Way Summary

It is important for the British government to fully understand the demographics and political views of the community in which One Way is receiving (or potentially receiving) support from because they are the people who have the power to make or break One Way’s success. Since One Way has been calling for support from Supreme followers around the world, Britain must identify Supreme members who are not willing to use violence to achieve their goals or are still supportive of the government and separate them from the fundamentalists. Assuming that these followers are moderates desiring only a more legitimate government and state, they are people that can still be led away from One Way toward Britain’s narrative. As for the hard-liners of Supreme, …show more content…
Finally, it is essential to determine what stage of terrorism One Way is employing and how much community support plays a role in determining its activities. Robert Pape discusses different types of terrorism based on level of care for sympathy. After all, “[...] terrorism has two purposes-to gain supporters and to coerce opponents. Most terrorism seeks both goals to some extent [...] However, there are tradeoffs between these objectives and terrorists can strike various balances between them” (Pape 345). Pape goes on to talk about two kinds of terrorism: demonstrative and destructive. Demonstrative terrorism means that a group commits acts of terror on a small-scale with the main goal of attracting attention and getting support. Destructive terrorism, on the other hand, is more willingness to commit brutal acts at the expense of losing sympathy from its own community. Since One Way has only just begun ramping up its activities, it is at a delicate point of trying to balance additional violence without losing enormous support in a transition from demonstrative to destructive. It still needs a large amount of community support, as is evident in its call to action of additional Supreme members, but if it reaches a point where its popularity is undisputed even against Liberty and Honor, it would be much harder to use the tactic of threatening its base of supporters. Being able to correctly recognize what phase One Way is in determines whether the strategy of narratives is capable of dealing a blow to One Way’s strength, or if a new strategy must be put in place. Right now is a crucial turning point that will decide if Britain can limit its involvement by using storytelling and the country’s government to solve the Sureno