State Terrorist Methods: Warfare And Genocide

State Terrorist Methods Author Name University Name It’s safe to say that warfare, torture, assassination, and genocide have led many men, women, and children to lose their lives and are related to one another. Unfortunately, the governments mostly ignore such issues and pretend to be favoring peace and friendship. There is substantial need to chase, arrest and punish criminals or gang groups who murder numerous people walking on the streets or become the cause of national or international conflicts (Gadd, Karstedt, & Messner, 2012). Warfare is a series of activities involved in any conflict of war. Battles or wars are usually held between societies and states and tend to kill a large number of people. Extreme aggregation, mortality, and destruction are its most common forms, and military forces get involved in wars or nationwide conflicts. However, warfare is not restricted to legitimate military targets and often results in civilians or other non-combatant suffering and casualty. In one way or the other, people suffer from warfare and deaths usually occur on a large scale. The two deadliest wars in history are World War I and World War II, followed by the Mongol conquests where more than 50 million people lost their lives and numerous cities and villages were destroyed (Stump, & Dixit, 2013). Just like warfare, genocide is an act of killing people or destroying their lives. For genocides to happen, there must be some preconditions, such as a culture that never places any value on human life. Sometimes members of society try to dominate the others on the basis of power and money, and if the opposition parties don’t accept this dominance, they are either destroyed or given tough times. According to Political Instability Task Force, over 41 genocides took place from 2...