September 30

Presented as “the story of history’s greatest manhunt for the world’s most dangerous man” (Mayer), Zero Dark Thirty is the dramatization of the search for al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Centering on the work of Maya Lambert, a Central Intelligence Agency officer, the film has raised controversy due to its historical inaccuracy in depicting torture. The film justifies torture by portraying that enhanced interrogation techniques provided key…

Throughout history there have been witch hunts all over the world, including America. Many of these hunts have been part of the shaping of modern America. One of the largest and most known the the attacks against America on September 11, 2001 and witch hunts followed. Nineteen members of a terrorist group called al-Qaeda who practice an extreme form of Islam hijacked four planes in several United States airports. They successfully flew two into the World Trade Center, one into part of the…

Assignment One In order for a global community to survive, countries must generate healthy relations with other countries across the world. As an effort to unite the world as a whole, countries share economical, geographical, cultural, political, and social borders. However, this attempt of uniting the world also creates a major global issue over national security around the globe. To maintain the national security, countries have to take a local and global measure. A local measure would be…

Following the attacks on the twin towers on September 11th, 2001, citizens around the world live in constant fear of terrorist attacks. This fear affects both our mindsets and how we live day to day. Unmanned Aerial Vehicle’s, or drones, provide a plausible reality to reducing the threat that terrorism poses around the world. Through surveillance and the ability to not be easily detected, drones make our troops safer because they are out of harm’s way. With advancements in technology, drones are…

On September 11, 2001, nineteen members of a terrorist group called Al-Qaeda, led by Osama Bin Laden hijacked four U.S. airplanes and crashed them into the Twin Towers in New York City, the Pentagon in Virginia, and an area in Pennsylvania. About 3,000 people, both victims and first responders, were killed and over 6,000 were injured during this tragic event. An act by the name of Zadrogra started the World Trade Center Health Program in 2010. It was a program that gave special medical care…

Just a few days after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 in New York City and in Washington D.C., Pennsylvania State Governor Tom Ridge was appointed to be the first director of the Office of Homeland Security. This office overlooked and regulated a nationally seen strategy to keep our country safe against domestic and international terrorism attacks. The Department of Homeland Security was put in place to ensure that we are safe no matter time of the day or the year. President…

“Tick, tick, tick”. A bomb has been planted in a civilian building, and a mastermind terrorist has been captured. This, a very real scenario, is one that often threatens our government. So the main debate is what the government should do with the terrorist. Should our government use torture or enhanced interrogation as a way to save lives? The answer is yes, we should! Many view torture as an inhumane tactic and believe that torture should be eradicated from all governments. There are others,…

Imagine another terrorist attack as traumatic as 9/11, the U.S. might have the greatest military power in the history of the world, but threats and attacks like those on 9/11 are always a concern to the U.S. and its allies. Terrorist attacks are a real threat because they are hard to prevent, they are carefully planned and carefully executed. ISIS is the largest and most powerful terrorist the U.S. has ever dealt with. In recent discussions of Islamic Terrorism, a controversial issue has been…

Terrorism is a relatively new type of conflict that is extremely relevant in our modern world. It ultimately is the use of violence in order to achieve a political or ideological aim. Terrorism can be international or domestic but largely the FBI and CIA prevent many of the larger attacks from happening through extensive research and analysis of persons of interest (FBI.gov). It can take many different forms including suicide bombings, military coups, and even piracy. In May 1975 the SS Mayaguez…

The world has become a place of utter chaos, a place where you constantly have to look over your shoulder, that is not any way someone should live.The world took a radical turn back in 1933, if the date sounds familiar, it should be. That is the date when the horrific events of the Holocaust began. Thinking back to all of the innocent people that lost their lives and didn’t have a clue what was happening should make a person feel the least bit angry, or wish that people had gotten more involved…