What is Terrorism

Terrorism- is when someone comes and does psychical harm upon you or a country. It can be from something small like sending hate mail to someone’s home. Or something big like invading a country for no apparent reason, or trying to destroy a countries land mark just because of hate.

That’s my definition of terrorism. Terrorism can also mean different things. There is no one definition for the word. After I read a few of the definitions this is what I concluded from reading about what is terrorism. Terrorism doesn’t have to be such a dangerous thing and fearful word but other countries don’t like or actions because we choose not to mind or own business which is a big problem with America. We try to fix problems everywhere but not within or own country. The more we help these other countries the more enemies we get. If we keep acting the way that we are sooner or later another country will team up with others that hate us and try to attack us. Living in America would be so much better and easier if we did two things, mind or own business and try to fix or own problems.

War in Iraq

My personal opinion on the war in Iraq is that it is stupid and we have no cause being over there. When America decided to go into Iraq that was one of the days that official made or country become a terrorist. We entered into Iraq thinking that they had something to do with the attacks on 9/11 we were all wrong. George Bush tricked us into believing that Iraq had something to do with the attacks on 9/11. Whatever he told us we all believed it and went along with because we were filled up with anger towards anyone who can perform such an act on us and get away with it. When we finally came to or senses and realized what was going on the president said that where not in Iraq because of the acts that happened on 9/11. Why are we there then? I personally believe we are there for Iraq natural resource oil. Some questions I ask myself are why did we let this happen? How can we stop this? Can or next president help us get out of this hole George Bush has put us into. I beg of all Americans to go out and vote and be more careful about who u let into office

Who is al Queda?

Al Queda is a terrorist organization that was establish by Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan in the 1980’s. This terrorist group has nothing but hatred towards America. They have been suspected of three bombings that targeted U.S. troops in Aden, Yemen, in December 1992. Also they claim to have shot down U.S. helicopters and killed U.S. servicemen in Somalia in 1993. Plus the bombings in August 1998 of the U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, that killed at least 301 persons and injured more than 5,000 others. Their also suspected of having involvement in the October 2000 bombing of the USS Cole in Aden, Yemen. Last but not least the attacks on New York, in September 2001. This group have been suspect of doing many things within the past 10years from 1992-2002.
Their goal is to create a pan Islamic Caliphate that will be worldwide by working with Islamic extremist. They also want to kick out all westerns and non Muslim out of their countries. I think that a group like this should be stopped and we should do whatever we can in our power to take them out. There practices aren’t fair and not equal for everyone.

Nuclear Terrorism

Nuclear war heads are a common thing amongst or society today. Some countries say they have them for a reason. In the eyes of innocent people we all see them to be a major hazard to or economy, which can also result in the extinction in the human race. Why would humans create something that can do so much harm to or society? America is one of the main countries next to North Korea that holds nuclear war heads. Why do we hold them? America is trapped in the spot light and glamors of being the most dominate country.

American doesn't realize but if you take the time out and analyze or situations 99% of the times we are the bad guys. I think we are the terrorist and we drive other countries to hate us and do the things they do to us. We hold the nuclear bombs and maybe it may be a great lost in power if we threw them away. If we make this sacrifice maybe not right away but sooner or later it can end up in having world peace.

American Terrorist

The American society thinks we are involved in a war on terror. That we are, but this war is not one sided. We stole this land from the Native Americans that originally owned it. We gave them smallpox blankets to stay warm. We tortured and terrorized African Americans because of the pigment of their skin, like that even don’t even make sense. A terrorist may find it hard to even start fire himself here because he can’t afford the gasoline. The economy is slowing down. The rich get greedy and forget about the poor. Now we are at war in Iraq where more human lives have been lost than the original 9/11 attacks in the first place.

What inspired me to write this little paragraph is one of my favorite musicians. Lupe Fiasco he is a young African American who challenges his vocabulary and uses very powerful metaphors about the truth in life and what happens in or world today. If you listen to the song deeply it may open up your eyes to things you may not of seen.

Homeland Security

Homeland security advisory security system is a very good way to try and stop terrorism. Homeland security came up with a idea to let people in each state know if their state is in danger of being under attack. This plan is great and convenient it helps others and put a little bit more safety into our hearts and less worrying. The chart goes up and down they higher u are the greater the risk of a attack and the lower you are the less chance of having a attack.

The chart is made up out of 5 colors. Red means that there is a sever risk of having a terrorist attack on your state. Orange means that there is a high risk of having a terrorist attack on your state but not as great as red. Yellow means that there is a significant risk of terrorist attacks to happen on your state. Blue mean that there is a general risk of having an attack on your state. Green which is the last color means that there is a low risk of a terrorist attack happening on your state. This chart is really great and those 5 colors hold a lot of meaning behind them. They let the American society know what’s going on.

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The price of war

Is world peace or war more important? Many people fail to realize how much money that it is costing to fight this war in Iraq. How can killing other help make peace it only makes situations worst. Also why are we fighting a war in Iraq when there terrorist are in Afghanistan. These are things we need to sit down and think about. Calculations were made that the war that we are having now in Iraq cost about $2 trillion dollars. That’s a lot of money.
What amazed me is the things that can be don’t with money. Meanwhile where using the money foolishly. If we was to take some of that money and teach everyone in the world how to read and write, eliminate poverty around the world, immunize every child and put more money towards finding a cure for aids. We could real have a perfect world to live in. All of that rounds up to about $156.3 billion dollars. That’s a lot of money but nothing near close to the amount of money we spent on this war that we don’t know why we are having. People please be more careful about who we vote into the white house. We can try to make a change for the better in Nov 2008.

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