Is the United States effort to fight terrorism abroad limited to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan?
While the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have been the most high-profile elements of America’s strategy to combat terrorism abroad, our anti-terror policies are actually much broader. American intelligence services are actively working in coordination with foreign services to identify and locate potential and proven terrorists across the world. They are also tracking known funding sources for terrorist organizations and monitoring the flow of money. While the intelligence component of the war on terrorism is not as obvious as the military operations, it represents an essential and powerful tool in the American arsenal. In addition to military and intelligence operations, the United States is combating terrorism abroad through traditional diplomacy that brings the support and cooperation of allied nations to the American cause and through public diplomacy to win the support and respect of foreign peoples for American policies and to undermine terrorist propaganda in foreign countries. Fin
