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We all have opportunities to display courage in our life, but if we actually do is our decision. Courage is being able to do what is right even if it can be hard. In the book Speak by Laurie Halle Anderson I found three different examples of courage. In this book Melinda Sordino, David Petrakis and Melinda, again all show courage.

In order to attempt to deter a possible recruit of suicide terrorism, these recruits would need to look at the big picture and realize that in order to create a lasting impression they could accomplish a whole lot more in the living form. Instead these suicide groups create a lasting impression of the martyrs

There was an attacker at supermarket taking hostages who “claimed allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group,” (news). The attacker took three hostages, one including a female who a police officer switched places with, “The French policeman who swapped himself for a hostage in Friday's attack has died of his wounds,” (news). The police officer died a hero. He was very brave to switch places with the female not knowing what could have happened to him. He also showed leadership by putting himself out there to protect the women. Another heroic trait not mentioned before is selflessness. This police office showed his selflessness by putting the woman first. The heroic act that he did had no benefit to himself; he was just trying to save a

“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.” - Mark Twain. To be courageous means being a risk-taker and standing up for what one believe in. One must not let fear stop them from overcoming an obstacle. Courage is the ability to act on one's beliefs despite the dangers or disapproval. Courage shows when one acts on their beliefs whether someone feels that it’s right or wrong. Being courageous means to have the ability to face a fear, pain, or a difficult challenge. It means to conquer fear. Three great examples of bravery and heroism was shown in the Civil Rights Movement by Rosa Parks, in World War 2 by the Monuments Men and Robert M. Edsel, and by former First Lady, Michelle Obama. Their involvement in the world set the bar for people on why having courage is important and what it means to me.

Courage is as stated in The New International Webster’s Dictionary of the English Language to be “the capacity to meet danger or difficulty with firmness.” In my mind courage has always meant doing what you had to do, and dealing with it because you had to. I never had a choice in my life whether I wanted to move to a different city

Over the past decades suicide terrorism has confirmed its effective tactic and it is seem to be developing and growing movement. Terrorism is designed to cause panic within people, communities and countries but also to gain the publicity through media. Suicide terrorism, more than other forms of terrorist activities is presenting determination and dedication both of dying by individual terrorist as well as the desire to kill innocent people. Suicide terrorism is an attractive tool for terrorist activities with guarantee media publicity with the international dimension. The aim of the attacks is to draw attention of governments, international organisations and

The article written by Sarah Maslin Nir and William K. Rashbaum in the New York Times, talks about a bomber who tried to detonate a bomb in one of Manhattan’s busiest subways. The bomb did go off but not fully and Akayed Ullah, 27, who was identified by a policeman, was the only was who was badly injured.

Courage is when your are at a place, and you are encouraged to do something bad. When you don’t do it, and you stick up for yourself that is courage.

Suicide terrorists are promised a spot in heaven along with their closest family members if they risk their lives for their beliefs. From the extremist perspective, al-Qaeda’s members had on the Muslim religion, Laden was considered a hero in the eyes of his terrorist group and a villain for the United States of America’s government and many innocent Americans. Laden and al-Qaeda believed that the United States government officials were unjust criminals that wanted to occupy their native countries and steal their resources. Therefore, al-Qaeda used tactics fear, a random attack, desynchronization, and initiative all to plan an effective suicide mission inspired by the fourth generation warfare methods to attack the United States within its

Suicide bombing refers to the act whereby an individual delivers explosives personally and then detonates them so as to cause greatest possible destructions, killing her or himself in the process (Asad, 2007). It is used by many militia groups, since it does not demand for experience or usage of a lot of resources but only requires a willing individual and explosives. Due to the fact that suicide bombers kill

Suicide terrorism is one of those acts of violence that is almost impossible to defend against. In his article, Atran (2003) explains suicide terrorism as “the targeted use of self-destructing humans against noncombatant-typically civilian-populations to effect political change” (pg. 1534). One of the most remembered dates is American history is September 11, 2001. This was a day in which suicide terrorism took the lives of nearly 3,000 Americans (History.com, 2010). This suicide attack is where 19 Al-Qaeda followers hi-jacked four airplanes and used them to crash them into the World Trade Center in New York and into the Pentagon in Washington D.C. This triggered the then President, George W. Bush to declare war to “destroy Osama bin Laden’s terrorist network based there” (History.com, 2010). Osama bin Laden was Al-Qaeda leader that claimed responsibility of the suicide attack on the United States. This type of use of suicide terrorism was not only used to kill many innocent people, but to be televised and reported on to put fear into the

Courage is like a fiery beast in your belly, or a soft whispering in your ear. Essentially though it comes from your heart and lets you know when to make a stand. From those serving in war to the kid standing up to a playground bully those are the courageous. Even when they know their choices or opinions might not make them they stand up for their beliefs

The modern day suicide bomber is effective in the sense that they do cause fear and death but is greatly overused that they rarely become news worthy. Immediately after the 9/11 attacks, the suicide bomber became all the rage and the ultimate fear of Americans. After ten years of war in the Middle East and Southwest Asia, the suicide bomber is cliché to the terrorist ideology and borderline boring and expected. Terrorists want to cause fear in a sense that causes a domino effect of destruction. Though the suicide bomber is effective, there is nothing more effective than the use of a biological attack in a crowded area. It is quiet, lethal and takes a long time to detect the source and even longer time to trace it back to a suspect. Within

Suicide terrorism is frequently associated with irrational behavior. In the article “The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism” written by Robert A. Pape, he asserts that suicide terrorism are strategies of rational thinking. Furthermore, he claims that leaders of terrorist organizations utilize suicide terrorism, as a form of coercion. Thus, he characterizes suicide terrorism as a rational and strategic act amongst the leaders of terrorist organizations to achieve their political objectives. Although Pape constructed a significant correlation between coercion, suicide terrorism, and success. The article, however, fails to present a well-balanced argument, opposing viewpoints, and lacked sufficient

Courage is a necessity to overcome fears and achieve a desired goal. Fear is something that exists in all of us. There is no hero or any particular courageous figure that is without fear. Being fearless is not required to be courageous, one simply has to look past or overcome their fears to possess this great quality. When overcoming fears and going against the norm, there are always risks involved. There are different types of risks that come about. Someone could risk life or limb, while others risk their reputation. Either risk is serious enough that a person must have courage to endure that particular risk. Courage can occur anytime, anywhere, and often in our everyday lives. Everyone will experience courage no matter how young,