Wilkinson (2001) points to several risks of adopting a war-like approach.Which of the following are risks,according to Wilkinson?

A) danger that military response could provoke wider conflict involving diminished focus on relevant terrorist group in favor of broader multistate strategy
B) danger that the death of innocent civilians will diminish international sympathy for the victim state and shift the moral high ground away from that state
C) danger that military action will give rise to false expectations of a total failure of defeat of terrorism
D) all of these

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Sophia DeMauro · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : D, Explanation :  Wilkinson points out all three of these risks in his article, so the correct answer is D. A war-like approach could provoke a wider conflict that distracts from the specific terrorist group being targeted, lead to the death of innocent civilians which could lose international sympathy for the victim state, and create false expectations that terrorism could be completely defeated through military action.

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