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September 28, 2001 and is the cornerstone of the United Nations counterterrorism effort. It declares international terrorism as a threat to international peace and security. One of the most important aspects of Resolution 1373 was the creation of the Counter-Terrorism Committee. The Counter-Terrorism Committee has a unique role in the fight on terror and is most assuredly at the center of the fight. The Resolution also strives to suppress the financing of terrorism and abolish any potential safe havens for terrorists.

Resolution 1373 is an ambitious step in combating terrorism and has shown promise. Nesi writes, "In the four years after 9/11 it has adopted almost twenty resolutions on the topic: some of these resolutions were immediate reactions by the Security Council to specific terrorist attacks; others framed a coordinated international response to terrorism in a substantive way" (p. 1).

After World War II, the Security Council was given the power to maintain international peace and security. Instead they have decided to make, implement, and enforce global law and have overstepped its traditional crisis management role. The United Nations is to concerned with human rights, which hasn't been the most effective strategy. They have taken war and tried to establish strict directives and laws, which in a sense has crippled the United States Armed Forces.
War is in essence an unjust and barbarous necessity in the world.

Ever since the dawn of man, we have been plagued with overwhelming emotions, to include a strong desire to stay alive. War equals fear, but with the Laws of Armed Conflict that the United Nations enforces the men fighting in these wars are supposed to be devoid of emotion, especially fear. The soldiers over in Iraq are expected to be a police force but actually have more strict laws. If a terrorist points a gun directly at a soldier according to these Laws of Armed Conflict he is unable to fire until he is fired upon or sees the muzzle flash. If this were a police officer he would have put the enemy down the second he attempted to raise his gun. To expect a soldier to stand there and wait to die is absurd and only one reason why the United Nations has no place within a war zone.

The overseeing of armed conflicts has increased the probability that we will fail in the War On Terror. Lets take a look at the history to add some substance to this.
During the American Revolutionary War it was custom to stand in straight lines and fight face-to-face with

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