It is known throughout the entire world that, on September 11th, 2001, the Twin Towers in New York City were downed by two planes, allegedly having been hijacked by people from a terrorist organization in Afghanistan, called Al Qaeda. Regardless of any one person 's opinion on what had happened, the following had ensued: a nearly ten years long war in the Middle East, namely Iraq and Afghanistan, that had disbanded the army of an entire country, and destabilized the region both economically and socially. When the United States entered Iraq in 2003, the army had, almost immediately, toppled the Hussein government. Then, following that, either President Bush or someone in his administration declared for the dissolution the the Iraqi army. That
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According to the text, The Tapestry of Culture, the definition of culture is as follows: “culture refers to the human behavior, symbols, beliefs, ideas, and the material objects humans make.” Before the Iraq War, culture in the Middle East was rich with different traditions, different religions, all sorts of ethnicity, and a long history dating back to Mesopotamia, maybe even further. Specifically focusing on Islam, as this is what ISIS wants to claim it represents, and if we are going to reach, through the radicalization of Iraq and Syria 's Sunni population, the religion itself is radicalizing into something that is significantly more violent, much like the rest of the region and the various other terrorist groups growing out of the Middle East. That is a change in the behavior, and arguably belief, of groups of people living there. In addition, and not religiously, there has been a change in beliefs and in ideas, towards the West, specifically the United States following the war. Instead of there being a willingness to cooperate, as there was once the United States army forced out the Hussein government, there is a prevalent idea of belief of violence towards those living in the United Kingdom, or United States, and now in
According to the text, The Tapestry of Culture, the definition of culture is as follows: “culture refers to the human behavior, symbols, beliefs, ideas, and the material objects humans make.” Before the Iraq War, culture in the Middle East was rich with different traditions, different religions, all sorts of ethnicity, and a long history dating back to Mesopotamia, maybe even further. Specifically focusing on Islam, as this is what ISIS wants to claim it represents, and if we are going to reach, through the radicalization of Iraq and Syria 's Sunni population, the religion itself is radicalizing into something that is significantly more violent, much like the rest of the region and the various other terrorist groups growing out of the Middle East. That is a change in the behavior, and arguably belief, of groups of people living there. In addition, and not religiously, there has been a change in beliefs and in ideas, towards the West, specifically the United States following the war. Instead of there being a willingness to cooperate, as there was once the United States army forced out the Hussein government, there is a prevalent idea of belief of violence towards those living in the United Kingdom, or United States, and now in