The whole world watched as the Twin Towers came crashing down. Over 85% of Americans feared another terrorist attack was imminent after that devastating day in September 2001(Gallup). Terrorism is now playing more and more of a role in our everyday lives, while it's a sad reality, as a country are we winning against terrorism? The “Yes” author, James Jay Carafano of the Heritage Foundation, seems to think we are. He claims that the U.S. has done a good job of keeping Americans safe and we are still a powerful prosperous country. While the “No” author, William C. Martell, Professor at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, says the U.S. is not carrying out the most effective methods to tackle terrorism. William C. Martel presents the …show more content…
Carafano believes the United States is effectively fighting terrorism. He states in his article “Al Qaeda is a shadow of the organization it was on Sept. 11, 2001.” (Carafano). Carafano implies that since the U.S. was directly attacked, they took matters into their own hands to try to destroy Al Qaeda. This information is included to show that when the United States feels threatened they are going to take matters into their own hands. The United States may lose once, but not again. He goes on to add in his article “U.S. remains a prosperous country. Our economy is still the world's largest, and our current economic ills have nothing to do with the cost of defense.” (Carafano). He is trying to prove that the United States still remains as one of the few world superpowers and that the terrorist have not affected the United States strong economy. Along with the fact that, the United States large national defense budget does not directly affect the economy being at a low point (at the time of this article). The counter claim is stated by saying, “Some critics say the Patriot act (which gave the government added tools to …show more content…
By his credentials, Carafano adds an ethical appeal to the argument. His position makes him a trustworthy author and a strong debate opponent. He transitions to using logical appeal or logos when he claims that “Al Qaeda is a shadow of the organization it was…” The positive connotation of the word “shadow” (in this situation) makes the reader feel like the U.S. has efficiently and effectively squashed their opponents. Included to give a positive outlook on the United States and their war against terrorism. Next up, Carafano adds information about the United States and its economy. The use of “prosperous” and “world’s largest” to reinforce the fact that the United States is still the world's leading superpower and by doing so he address logical appeal or logos. However, this information is irrelevant to the topic of the article. How strong an economy is does not mean that a country will ultimately defeat an enemy. By including this information, Carafano has weakened his argument overall. The author includes two counter-claims in his argument. While the choice to include counter-claims strengthen his article, the refutes are a mere one sentence in total. In addition, to the weak refutes, they are vague and do not play a major role in the article. Overall, Carafano provides some strong points, but that is overshadowed by the additional sluggish components of the bulk of
15 years after 9/11 people live more in fear. This event changed the people's point of view. They didn’t just break family’s and property’s, it destroyed the boundaries with peace and war. There is now no clear way to define the difference between combat and civilians; in other words, it’s too confusing to know what is and/or isn’t a “weapon”. Ever since the attack, the U.S has a “Global war on terror”. There are two different sides to this; One side is that after the attack Americans have become much safer. They have invested so much in improving the intelligence collections and on homeland securities. Side two is now Americans fear for terrorism way more
America continues to succeed even though the country was contrived of an implausible concept because of the patriotism within the citizens of the United States. Terrorism has a negative connotation, but for America terrorism created a positive atmosphere of togetherness. “Terrorism” within the United States led to “devastation and
In this eight section essay DeLillo gives an in depth analysis the events before, during, and the repercussions after the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center. The essay skips around a bit but the main idea of the essay is somewhat clear. DeLillo describes the terrorist ideology of why they attacked us. Their target was not the global economy but, “It is America that drew their fury. It is the high gloss of our modernity ... our technology ... our foreign policy ... It is the power of American culture to penetrate every wall, home, life, and mind” (S1 P2).
September 11th catalyzed a major revival in the American public’s concern for domestic national security, which had dropped off following the collapse of the Soviet Union. The attacks, which were the first on American soil since Pearl Harbor, prompted American leaders to respond with swift and ambitious military action. At this time, the public perceived security of American territory against “terrorism”–an intentionally broad and emotionally charged term– as its chief national interest. Following the attack, President Bush announced the launch of a “global war on terror”, an international effort to combat terrorist groups and the nations that harbor them–prompting him to establish the Department of Homeland Security later that year.
In his article “The Price We Pay”, Adam Mayblum asserts the power of our country stating “If you want to kill us, leave us alone because we will do it by ourselves. If you want to make us stronger, attack and we unite. This is the ultimate failure of terrorism against The United States and the ultimate price we pay to be free, to decide where we want to work, what we want to eat, and when & where we want to go on vacation. The very moment the first plane was hijacked, democracy won”. Mayblum’s purpose for writing this article was to show that we aren’t scared by an attack and that we aren’t going down without a fight. Mayblum was successful when writing this article. He demonstrates the strength of the United States and shows that our confidence won’t waver as easily as other nations would hope.
On September 11th 2001, the United States was hit with a devastating blow when four commercial airplanes were hijacked by Al-Qaeda terrorist who deliberately crashed two of the planes into the World Trade Center complex, and a third plane into the Pentagon. The fourth plane, headed for Washington D.C., instead crashed in Pennsylvania. Nearly 3,000 lives were lost on this egregious day. In response, President George W. Bush waged the controversial “Global War on Terrorism” which turned out to be a self-inflicted wound for America, bleeding still today. Bush’s highly-criticized decision was inconsistent with the strategic principles of war.
It cannot be denied that terrorism remains a serious problem but there is a strong argument that the United States government oversold the actual and potential risk and that the power and authority granted to
The 9/11 terror attacks is one of the historical and fatal events that changed the United States of America forever, especially in relation to terrorists and terrorism. While these concepts were on the minds of very few people in America's population before the attacks, the 9/11 incident made terrorism to become one of the major concerns for the whole nation. This is despite of the fact that they were carried out in New York City, Washington, and parts of Pennsylvania. Since it was a major concern, the terror attacks dominated all kinds of media and contributed to increased security measures for average Americans. Moreover, terrorism currently provides a major threat to global security that any time in American and global history (Dyson, 2001, p.3). As a result, it has become a fundamental aspect for law enforcement agencies and their initiatives, particularly with the rapid technological advancements.
In (Document H) It states “The United States has entered a struggle of years -- a new kind of war against a new kind of enemy. The terrorists who struck America are ruthless, they are resourceful, and they hide in many countries. They came into our country to murder thousands of innocent men, women, and children. There is no doubt they wish to strike again, and that they are working to acquire the deadliest of all weapons.” This shows that the U.S goals have changed from stopping the spread of communism to stopping terrorism because they knew this was going to be huge problem that they need to resolve. America knew their were more attacks coming after the major 9/11 attack the U.S needed to end terrorism it has killed tons of innocent people, since then the U.S has been working hard by searching for terrorist groups and leaders of terrorist groups like the taliban, al qaeda and many more. This shows that america's goals have changed to protect people from
Many Americans do not understand the implication and role of terrorism in the modern world. Terrorism is not a something that can be measured or held in hand. It is a theoretical idea that has many different meanings to many different people (Aziz, 2014). U.S. Citizens in general need to understand the full effect of modern terrorism. Blinded by media coverage and dramatized by slow-motion video replay of terrorist attacks,
In the aftermath of the worst terrorist attacks in American history, the September attacks of the world Trade Center in 2001, Americans are obligated to look at the mistakes that were made before and after the attacks, especially in recent lite of increased acts of terror globally. A critical mistake made before the attacks was the neglection of terrorism as a top priority in President George W. Bush’s administration. And after the attacks, inaction would also have been viewed negatively by the public, and so the government acted swiftly in retaliation to the attacks, resulting in the death of many brave American soldiers and a huge cost to the American taxpayer.
In this persuasive essay, Charles Krauthammer immediately speaks on the steady demise of the terrorist organization Al-Qaeda and how the war on terror was an “unconventional war by an unconventional enemy” that required an unconventional approach to win (Krauthammer 706). Krauthammer states that there has not been a major terrorist attack in the United States of America in over a decade. In turn, this supposedly demonstrates to the audience that the defensive apparatus created by President George W. Bush to counter terrorism has been very effective in getting its purpose done, and that is to protect the American citizens.
American’s fear of terrorism is founded on the ideal that it can effect anybody at any point: no one person is safe from terrorism (Anderson). This belief is also demonstrated in the Chapman Study, where participants listed terrorism as one of the five things they most fear (Chapman). By examining expert advice from homeland security and scholars, coupled with images from similar resources, I hope to further the understanding of how America can safe guard against terrorism, while also not compromising the values of liberty and
This author’s knowledge then can be very valid as he knows the ins and outs of how America deals with security threats. This means that this author is not like other authors as they have not been in that situation as he has had to deal with threats and was around then the war on terror was getting more serious. ‘In 1984, the Reagan Administration used the term "war against terrorism" as part of an effort to pass legislation that was designed to freeze assets of terrorist groups and marshal the forces of government against them’ .it was around then terrorism was a major threat to western states. This is good for the bibliography as it shows a different point of view and gives the bibliography more variety and different perspectives on war on
On September 11 2001, an attack was made on United States. Four systematic terrorist attacks were pulled off by the group al-Qaeda simultaneously bringing down the World Trade Centre in New York and damaging the Pentagon in Washington D.C. As extensive and in depth as the cause for the attack may have been, September 11 is an event that has undoubtedly left its mark in American history. A turning point, as some would call it, of the political, social, and economic systems of the United States. Quickly following the terrorist attack on 9/11, President George W. Bush called for a “war against terrorism.” Instead, what truly occurred was an act of counter terrorism. After 9/11, the political system of America took a turn for the worst;