War on Terrorism

The article really portrays and shows that the theme is terrorism. In the article it says, or explains how a terrorists or white nationalist turns himself into the authorities, or police because he drove into a crowd of people and killed a 32 year old female. The article says that the felon is being charged with two felony counts of illegal use of tear gas, and one felony count of malicious bodily injury by means of caustic substance. In the articles it says how Mr. Cantwell was a self…

Mudd, & Carroll, 2000), I discovered one aspect that could drive people to engage in these violent behaviors. Though I don’t agree with terrorism, I now understand how colonialism can prompt such responses and generate such evil. Colonialism, a term used to describe when one nation has rule over another, can be one condition culpable of producing terrorism. Observing the video (Setton et al., 2000) one can draw…

Torture is now easier to justify in the context of the war on terror. Many opinions may arise when looking at whether or not we should torture potential terrorists and since there is not an actual strategy to proceed along when looking at it, the question still remains unanswered. The debate began after the incident in 9/11 had occurred and the government implemented several anti terrorism measures where justification was placed under the veil of Unitarianism. In the article “The torture debate”…

have terrorized the land and sea of the horn of Africa. Somalia is a country that has been plagued with civil war since 1986. In Somalia right now there are two major Islamic terrorist groups. Theses groups are known as Al-Shabaab and Al-Qaeda. From what these terrorist groups have done, Somalia is ;left with close to nothing to build it back up. Somalia cannot overcome this issue of terrorism because of Al-Shabaab, terrorists taking over the nation, and whole lot of national violence. Somalia…

Terrorism and its effects on the United States of America and Americans “With great power, comes great responsibility,” this quote was stated by Uncle Ben, in Spiderman, but holds true to real life situations. At the end of the 19th century, as the United Stated were entering the 20th century the global market was changing thanks to the industrial revolution and America expanding it’s exportation. Along with economic advancement, the US came to military prominence within a similar timeframe.…

The debate over security vs. liberty has been an issue in the United States since the nation was first born from the rubble leftover from the American War of Independence from the British Empire. Founded in 1908, the mission of the FBI is to protect and defend the United States against terrorist and foreign intelligence threats as well as uphold and enforce the criminal laws of the United States. The NSA was founded by order of then President Harry S. Truman in 1952 with the purpose of…

Fact is, terrorism is unstoppable and will only get worse as access to destructive agents as nuclear and chemical weapons are more easily obtained. At some point, a massive terrorist attack may be committed; an attack so horrendous it will make 9/11 look like a picnic…

The conspiracy theories surrounding the tragedy of the 9/11 attacks are varied and have been present for many years, edging into mainstream society in certain circumstances. Many of the theorist’s contest that the attack constituted a ‘false flag’ attack to rationalise increased limitations on civil liberties and foreign invasion with an ulterior agenda, both of which the attack incited. Evidence put forth by both individuals and groups to justify conspiracy theories is varied and involve…

Radical groups generally use terrorism in order to delegitimize an oppressive institution in power and simultaneously gain support for an alternative system. Terrorists utilize two key strategies to meet this end. First, there is the theory of provocation, terrorists believe that violent acts can cause the state to respond by expanding its already repressive regime. Intensified oppressive measures will affect the entire population, subsequently causing citizens to turn against the state and…

Terrorism is the use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims. Terrorism is basically the enforcement to make things happen, if a country or region feels threatened they will use terrorism to give the other party involved the option to fight back or back off. This scare tactic is usually the early stages of war, when the parties involved hold their ground this usually leads to a major conflict . One of the most memorable terrorist attacks happened on September 11, 2001 in…