There are many different definitions on terrorism. What is terrorism? How do we define it? The many challenges that we are faced with to define terrorism and what constitutes to be claim as terrorism. The Merriam-Webster dictionary says that the definition of terrorism is the use of violent acts to frighten the people in an area as a way of trying to achieve a political goal (Merriam-Webster). Looking at the Online Legal Dictionary terrorism is any activity that involves an act that is dangerous to human life or potentially destructive of critical infrastructure or key resources; is a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State or other subdivision of the United States; appears to be intended to intimidate or coerce
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Marshall Frank claimed that the purpose of terrorism was to punish, distract and intimidate a targeted population. His examples on the purpose of terrorism were some Islamic countries, like Iraq and Pakistan, set out to punish anyone or any organization that has been cooperating with us in the on-going conflicts, distraction occurs when the terrorist groups have our focus on one situation causing us all to look one way, while something more sinister is happening where no one is looking, and most every country in the western world are intimidated by demands being made by Muslims (Frank, 2011, para. 8). Some people are scared to death of dealing with another terrorist attack against them, so it’s better for them to relinquish their culture, morals, and integrity and let their descendants deal with the burden years from to come (Frank, 2011, para. 8). If we don’t handle the situation the enemy will win every time. We must stand up and find the cure to the problem; if not it will be a cancerous cell that we will continue to …show more content…
C. 2332 clearly defines terrorism and its intent. Federal Statue elaborates on the difference between international and domestic terrorism. Although they both involved the cowardice act of claiming innocent lives, causing fear and violating criminal laws they are clearly define and punishable by their jurisdiction to the United States. No matter how you look at it terrorism is terrorism. Terrorism will continue to exist if we do not detect, deter, defeat war on terrorism. Terrorist don’t care about how many innocent lives they take; they want the attention of the targeted group to adhere to their demands and morals. We must do all we can to make a public announcement that terrorist attacks are not the essential key to communication. There are other ways to get your point across or voice
Marshall Frank claimed that the purpose of terrorism was to punish, distract and intimidate a targeted population. His examples on the purpose of terrorism were some Islamic countries, like Iraq and Pakistan, set out to punish anyone or any organization that has been cooperating with us in the on-going conflicts, distraction occurs when the terrorist groups have our focus on one situation causing us all to look one way, while something more sinister is happening where no one is looking, and most every country in the western world are intimidated by demands being made by Muslims (Frank, 2011, para. 8). Some people are scared to death of dealing with another terrorist attack against them, so it’s better for them to relinquish their culture, morals, and integrity and let their descendants deal with the burden years from to come (Frank, 2011, para. 8). If we don’t handle the situation the enemy will win every time. We must stand up and find the cure to the problem; if not it will be a cancerous cell that we will continue to …show more content…
C. 2332 clearly defines terrorism and its intent. Federal Statue elaborates on the difference between international and domestic terrorism. Although they both involved the cowardice act of claiming innocent lives, causing fear and violating criminal laws they are clearly define and punishable by their jurisdiction to the United States. No matter how you look at it terrorism is terrorism. Terrorism will continue to exist if we do not detect, deter, defeat war on terrorism. Terrorist don’t care about how many innocent lives they take; they want the attention of the targeted group to adhere to their demands and morals. We must do all we can to make a public announcement that terrorist attacks are not the essential key to communication. There are other ways to get your point across or voice