Terrorism, as defined by Merriam-Webster, is “the unlawful use or threat of violence especially against the state or the public as a politically motivated means of attack or coercion”. In simpler words, it’s a group of people using violence in order to gain power, and it’s been a huge global crisis for years. Although there are many terrorist organizations worldwide, we can all agree that the most known today is the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, better known as ISIS, and they’ve made it their mission to make their mark on the world. According to CNN, in the past two years ISIS has conducted 143 attacks in 29 countries, killing a total amount of 2,043 people. Eight of those attacks took place inside the US, and one specifically made
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Although it is hard for me to find a specific number of attacks ISIS has performed in the U.S. and globally, as I stated earlier, in the past two years, they’ve contributed to 143 attacks in 29 countries, ranging from Australia to Lebanon to Malaysia. Eight of those attacks took place in the U.S, although according to the NY Times, the U.S. attacks were only inspired by ISIS and not directed by them. Even so, they still made huge impacts in this country and changed the lives of many. Below I will explain a few stories of attacks made globally in the past year *all info was extracted from a NY Times …show more content…
mosques should be surveilled for Jihadist rhetoric, and potentially close them down. "I would hate to do it but it’s something that you’re going to have to strongly consider. Some of the absolute hatred is coming from these areas. … The hatred is incredible. It 's embedded. The hatred is beyond belief. The hatred is greater than anybody understands."
As previously stated, both candidates have different ideas and viewpoints on how they would handle ISIS if elected. Based on all the information given, if I had to choose which candidate best represents my views on terrorism, I would choose Clinton. Her approach is not as invasive as Trumps and I feel it’s better to have a more low-key approach to handling the situation. Even though they both have similar ideas with cutting off their access to the internet, Trump’s ideas of just bombing ISIS is not one that settles right with me because there could possibly be innocent families and communities of people that live near them that can get hurt or killed. His other approaches to handle the situation don’t sit right with me as well, such as closing mosques and using nuclear tactics, I believe all that will do is start more wars and cause more
Although it is hard for me to find a specific number of attacks ISIS has performed in the U.S. and globally, as I stated earlier, in the past two years, they’ve contributed to 143 attacks in 29 countries, ranging from Australia to Lebanon to Malaysia. Eight of those attacks took place in the U.S, although according to the NY Times, the U.S. attacks were only inspired by ISIS and not directed by them. Even so, they still made huge impacts in this country and changed the lives of many. Below I will explain a few stories of attacks made globally in the past year *all info was extracted from a NY Times …show more content…
mosques should be surveilled for Jihadist rhetoric, and potentially close them down. "I would hate to do it but it’s something that you’re going to have to strongly consider. Some of the absolute hatred is coming from these areas. … The hatred is incredible. It 's embedded. The hatred is beyond belief. The hatred is greater than anybody understands."
As previously stated, both candidates have different ideas and viewpoints on how they would handle ISIS if elected. Based on all the information given, if I had to choose which candidate best represents my views on terrorism, I would choose Clinton. Her approach is not as invasive as Trumps and I feel it’s better to have a more low-key approach to handling the situation. Even though they both have similar ideas with cutting off their access to the internet, Trump’s ideas of just bombing ISIS is not one that settles right with me because there could possibly be innocent families and communities of people that live near them that can get hurt or killed. His other approaches to handle the situation don’t sit right with me as well, such as closing mosques and using nuclear tactics, I believe all that will do is start more wars and cause more