The Act Of Terrorism

Imagine that you are state in a public place, a church, at the movies, in school, at a night club, or in an office building starting your day. As you go about completing the task that you came for, you hear gunfire explosions, and peoples screams. As you look toward the commotion you see a heavily armed individual with an assault rifle, clothed in body armor. The individual is headed in your direction as he randomly fires upon other, What do you do? The act described is an act of terrorism. A threat to our lives, our economy, and our way of living. We live in times where terrorism plagues our lives. With countless attacks over the years, being the victim of an attack is always on the mind of united states citizens. Terrorism has effected …show more content…
We have been exposed to terrorist both foreign and domestic. On the foreign side we have seen terrorist groups like ISIS, Al-Qaida. We have seen leaders such as Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussain. On the home front we have experienced acts of terror from street gangs which terrorize the citizens of our local neighborhoods. According to the Marine Corps Institute, correspondence corse which marine use for personal education points towards promotion, a terrorist is:A terrorist is one who advocates, creates, or practices the use of terror for a means of coercion. The characteristics and traits of each terrorist may vary and it is difficult to generalize about a terrorist’s profile; however, terrorists typically are intelligent, obsessed with initiating changes, reared in middle class or wealthy families, and are in their early to mid-twenties. According to this definition street gangs are also considered terrorist which are but not limited to the MS13, Bloods, Crips, and the Neo Nazi …show more content…
Following the attacks on September 11th, Spain in 2004 or in 2005 the united kingdom had significant negative effects on the economic activity and infrastructure cost, as stated by Irina Gabriela Radulescu in an article titled Terrorism and its impact on the economy. Radulescu went on stating, damage to the capital stock was affected by the terrorist attacks, which also discouraged foreign direct investments. In another source Written by Charbe basil of Notre Dame university exploited the negative of terrorism and how it affects tourism. He stated that for such countries like Lebanon Isreal and turkey the tourism industries are an important percentage of the GDP, acts of terror only slow down the