Another weakness of the war-on-terror concept is that it relies on military action and rules out political approaches. Israel withdrew from Lebanon and then from Gaza unilaterally, rather than negotiating political settlements with the Lebanese government and the Palestinian authority.
反恐战争这一概念的另一个缺陷是，它依赖于军事行动、排除政治途径。以色列先后单方面从黎巴嫩和加沙地带撤军，而非与黎巴嫩政府和巴勒斯坦权力机构谈判。这一行动的直接后果就是加强了真主党和哈马斯。反恐战争概念由于分清“我们”和“他们”，并且否认我们的行动可能会塑造他们的行为，因而，它阻碍了承认这一事实。