War is not a wonderful thing, yet the United States feels the need to enter every possible war across the sea until it is “resolved”. In reality, fighting in wars across seas won’t solve anything because if we can’t solve the internal wars going on in our country, why should we help others with theirs. The U.S. should not be interfering with other countries’ affairs until we fix our own problems such as domestic terrorism. Domestic terrorism can lead to destruction a country and influence more violence.
The word terrorism means “the use of violence and intimidation to frighten people” (Terrorism, Merriam-Webster.com). Add domestic to the term and it means someone within your country terrorizing your own people. With that said, domestic terrorism can lead to the destruction of a country. For instance, look at the country of Mexico. The country of Mexico has been in an ongoing drug war against the cartel for decades. The fighting deepened in 2006 when the Mexican military intervened and attempted to stop the cartel. There were mass shootings almost every day and people were being …show more content…
In this past year alone, there have been a number of shootings at colleges and churches. A gunman opened fire at an Oregon community college and killed students who admitted to being Christian. He didn’t like Christians so he decided to prove his point by shooting them. So how does this influence more violence? The media loves to entertain and today’s society is entertained by suffering it seems. We must always now who died, who shot who, where was the car accident, and so on. They never announce the good things that happened. The news rarely covered the man who was in critical condition because he stopped the shooter. The Country Sheriff even stated, “I will not name the shooter. I will not give him the credit he probably sought prior to this horrific and cowardly act.” (Oregon Shooting on College Campus Leaves 10 Dead,
The word terrorism means “the use of violence and intimidation to frighten people” (Terrorism, Merriam-Webster.com). Add domestic to the term and it means someone within your country terrorizing your own people. With that said, domestic terrorism can lead to the destruction of a country. For instance, look at the country of Mexico. The country of Mexico has been in an ongoing drug war against the cartel for decades. The fighting deepened in 2006 when the Mexican military intervened and attempted to stop the cartel. There were mass shootings almost every day and people were being …show more content…
In this past year alone, there have been a number of shootings at colleges and churches. A gunman opened fire at an Oregon community college and killed students who admitted to being Christian. He didn’t like Christians so he decided to prove his point by shooting them. So how does this influence more violence? The media loves to entertain and today’s society is entertained by suffering it seems. We must always now who died, who shot who, where was the car accident, and so on. They never announce the good things that happened. The news rarely covered the man who was in critical condition because he stopped the shooter. The Country Sheriff even stated, “I will not name the shooter. I will not give him the credit he probably sought prior to this horrific and cowardly act.” (Oregon Shooting on College Campus Leaves 10 Dead,