Is terrorism 4th generation warfare?

[Al Khalifah]

The problem with Al Qaeda and the reason why they are so "sucessful" compared to terrorists from the past is that they don't make demands, they just commit acts of violence.

One of the reasons why 9/11 came as such a surprise to the American Government was that once they had control of the plane, it would be standard to expect that they would make a list of demands that would give them time to think and plan a counter-strike while stalling them with false negotiations. They could have been expected to try to land the plane in a foreign hostile nation. Instead they just crashed it without making any demands, which left the Government without a playbook.

How do you reason with an organisation that does not make demands?

[Papewaio]

Hardcore approach to terrorists:

Kill everyone of them, including their monetary supporters.
Banks that hide the money for terrorist groups should have their assets frozen and their board charged with aiding terrorism. Anyone directly connected to the account and knew it was a terrorist one should be executed as well unless they are the ones that told authorities

Low key approach:
Just treat them like criminals. Investigate them and charge them like so. Don't give in to them, but at the same time don't get riled by them either. There are far worse things out there.