War in the Age of Terrorism

            The process of Intel is one of the main ways war has changed in the age of terrorism. In fact before soldiers are given any of their missions plenty of Intel is gathered, in other words information of military and political value. Zero Dark Thirty is a film that exemplifies how Intel is gathered and then soldiers are organized in order to fulfill their military duties based on this Intel. For example the process of finding Osama Bin Laden’s location in order to bring out the execution required much Intel before Navy seals even attempted. War in the age of terrorism has also changed in a way that war seems almost invisible. Two opposing sides are fighting one another behind bombs that are searching for targets across battle fields. Since the battle fields are for the most part invisible Civilians naturally can be caught in the middle of these planned targets and either become injured or killed themselves. War in the age of terror as a result has many ethical and moral repercussions since civilians are in the middle of it as opposed to the two enemy sides being isolated in their scheduled battles that have a beginning, middle, and end in which you can see the enemy. This idea of an “invisible war” also indicates that modern warfare involves the concept of having no clear idea of who the actual enemy is. The enemy may not even be fighting for a specific nation but rather a much smaller more exclusive terrorist group. Members of smaller terrorist groups may seem even harder to find since they are often scattered across the Middle East. Zero Dark Thirty gives some inside information on how difficult it can be for the CIA to deal with these military issues since the enemy is often anonymous.