Since September 11, 2001, America has changed the way we viewed certain ethnicities. Also, The United States has become more conservative with immigration, border security, and terrorism, even though terrorism has been around for many decades. I agree that we do have a social problem with terrorism today, and for many more years to come, however, if we want to understand why The United States has been a target of terrorism today and in the past, we have to analyze what The United States has been doing to those countries. For example, The United States was part of the Gulf war in the 20th century, they also were part of the Iraq and Afghanistan war in 2003, people in the countries affect by war see many things we might not see in our lifetime,
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According to the author Ziad Munson, he mentions “The success of terrorism, therefore, depends critically not only on attacks themselves but also on how targets of terrorism react to attacks. Hysterical rhetoric from political leaders and alarmist, breathless coverage from journalist greatly contribute to the effectiveness of terrorism, and thus the likelihood of terrorist organizations pursuing further attacks” (Ziad 14). In addition, the media is very good at creating panic and unrest in certain people because that is one of the ways that they can get more people to tune in or get more viewers. The author mentions, “For example, more American have died in automobile accidents caused by deer in the last 40 years than all those killed by a terrorist, including attacks on 9/11” (Ziad …show more content…
For example, the group or terrorist group ISIS behead prisoner of war, any people who do not agree with them, and any gays or lesbians. If groups like these are unhappy with the invading or with other countries they should devote their energy and time to groups like the United Nations, their own government, or even nearby government so they can hold meetings or peace treaties with the invading nation.
In conclusion, if we want to minimize the creation of new or current terrorist groups what we need to work on is less war, invading fewer countries, and see what it is that we are doing to make those countries upset or angry at us. Having less terrorist groups will help everyone in the world, but more importantly, it would help us here in The United States because all that money we are spending which is trillions of dollars can be invested in education, jobs, infrastructure, health care, and even
According to the author Ziad Munson, he mentions “The success of terrorism, therefore, depends critically not only on attacks themselves but also on how targets of terrorism react to attacks. Hysterical rhetoric from political leaders and alarmist, breathless coverage from journalist greatly contribute to the effectiveness of terrorism, and thus the likelihood of terrorist organizations pursuing further attacks” (Ziad 14). In addition, the media is very good at creating panic and unrest in certain people because that is one of the ways that they can get more people to tune in or get more viewers. The author mentions, “For example, more American have died in automobile accidents caused by deer in the last 40 years than all those killed by a terrorist, including attacks on 9/11” (Ziad …show more content…
For example, the group or terrorist group ISIS behead prisoner of war, any people who do not agree with them, and any gays or lesbians. If groups like these are unhappy with the invading or with other countries they should devote their energy and time to groups like the United Nations, their own government, or even nearby government so they can hold meetings or peace treaties with the invading nation.
In conclusion, if we want to minimize the creation of new or current terrorist groups what we need to work on is less war, invading fewer countries, and see what it is that we are doing to make those countries upset or angry at us. Having less terrorist groups will help everyone in the world, but more importantly, it would help us here in The United States because all that money we are spending which is trillions of dollars can be invested in education, jobs, infrastructure, health care, and even