A Comparison of Terrorism in 1975 with Terrorism Today
Terrorism has been a major contributor to the way that society is currently set up in the twenty-first century. The public response to the presence of terrorists is often the exact kind of reaction that these operations are aiming for. When George W. Bush claimed that the terrorists hated America because of its freedom (which is obviously a gross oversimplification of the motivations behind terrorist attacks) he was ironically signing various bills such as the Patriot Act that would constrict the freedoms of the American people. Therefore, if the terrorists had wanted to affect the freedom of the American people it very clearly did through the attacks on September eleventh. This kind …show more content…
“The main purpose of suicide terrorism is to use the threat of punishment to coerce a target government to change policy, especially to cause democratic states to withdraw forces from territory terrorists view as their homeland” (Pape, 2003). When a group of people feel unsafe then they are not able to function at the highest capacity. They will be distracted by fear, looking around corners and forever anticipating the concussions of an explosion. In a way, the mere threat of a terrorist attack is enough to achieve the purpose of that proposed attack. This is what Brian Jenkins meant by terrorists wanting the attention so that their political views might be heard – not necessarily placing any importance on the body count. In fact, Pape (2003) states that it is often more effective to put forth a small to medium-sized terrorist attack than to put on a large on – not only because a massive terrorist attack will often send a country into retribution mode, as well as the fact that large terrorist attacks are more difficult to pull off. This further emphasizes the continued relevance of Brian Jenkins's
Terrorism has been a major contributor to the way that society is currently set up in the twenty-first century. The public response to the presence of terrorists is often the exact kind of reaction that these operations are aiming for. When George W. Bush claimed that the terrorists hated America because of its freedom (which is obviously a gross oversimplification of the motivations behind terrorist attacks) he was ironically signing various bills such as the Patriot Act that would constrict the freedoms of the American people. Therefore, if the terrorists had wanted to affect the freedom of the American people it very clearly did through the attacks on September eleventh. This kind …show more content…
“The main purpose of suicide terrorism is to use the threat of punishment to coerce a target government to change policy, especially to cause democratic states to withdraw forces from territory terrorists view as their homeland” (Pape, 2003). When a group of people feel unsafe then they are not able to function at the highest capacity. They will be distracted by fear, looking around corners and forever anticipating the concussions of an explosion. In a way, the mere threat of a terrorist attack is enough to achieve the purpose of that proposed attack. This is what Brian Jenkins meant by terrorists wanting the attention so that their political views might be heard – not necessarily placing any importance on the body count. In fact, Pape (2003) states that it is often more effective to put forth a small to medium-sized terrorist attack than to put on a large on – not only because a massive terrorist attack will often send a country into retribution mode, as well as the fact that large terrorist attacks are more difficult to pull off. This further emphasizes the continued relevance of Brian Jenkins's