Essay On Militarization

On the morning of September 11, 2001, the Islamic extremist group, al-Qaeda, hijacked four aircrafts and carried out devastating terrorist attacks on three different cities in the United States. Two planes were flown into the World Trade Center towers in New York City, one hit the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., while another crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. The attacks stunned the country; many watched in fear as two of the World Trade Centers dissolved into rubble in lower Manhattan. Firefighters, police officers, businessmen, moms, friends, and unborn babies were all taken as a result of terrorism. Nearly 3,000 people were killed in the attacks. Since that day, the United States of America has never been the same. The 9/11 attacks are …show more content…
According to Henry Giroux, a well known scholar and cultural critic, the military has “found numerous ways to take advantage of the intersection between popular culture and the new electronic technologies” (217). This molds the way that the public views militarization; mass-mediated perceptions of militarization and terrorism can be seen all over the world by what is portrayed through the media. Often times, the media focuses solely on large scale events and forget to mention the numerous acts of terrorism that take place all around the world on any given day. On top of that, war and terrorism are portrayed differently around the world with different perspectives. According to Rami Khouri, a political scientist, “For different reasons, Arab and American broadcasters provide a distorted, incomplete picture of the war in Iraq -- while accurately reflecting emotional and political sentiments on both sides” (Pintak 8). This greatly explains why the view of terrorism varies from between Americans and non-Americans. While some view it as protecting their country, others view it as an attempt to destroy their countries progression, denying them of freedom and