Terrorism In The United States

"…the President is authorized to use all necessary and appropriate force against those nations, organizations, or persons he determines planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, or harbored such organizations or persons, in order to prevent any future acts of

Terrorism is a massive problem--everybody realizes that. Regardless of origin, culture, country, or political standpoint, every sane person understands that terrorism is something that is still relatively prevalent in the world, and something needs to be done about it. The problem, however, is that there is no easy solution. The United States tends to take overbearing control and responsibility for all terrorist threats, groups, and attacks, but this is simply not reasonable. Although we cannot expect every country to take initiative against terrorist threats like ISIS, sustained international coordination is necessary to effectively confront transnational terrorist groups (Shirkey). This way, the US can begin taking care of themselves and their own country, as they still have many issues that have yet to be solved. While working together is important, though, it is not the key to solving the problem. What we must do in addition is investigate and address the root causes of terrorism, and analyse them in detail in order to best combat terrorist groups at their roots.

Since 9/11, terrorism has become a priority for law enforcement and military personnel in the United States. Even more importantly, it has turned into a "War on Terrorism." September 11th was the worst terrorist attack ever on the United States. Therefore, our government officials responded in the only way that felt suitable, attacking terrorism. The group responsible for the events of 9/11 is called the Al Qaeda. Al Qaeda is one of the most well known terrorist groups in the world. Because of past issues with the Muslim community, the United States should have been prepared for a retaliation from them. This is a problem for us here in the United States because now the thought of another attack by one of the most powerful terrorist

The 9/11 attacks in Washington, Pennsylvania and New York brought to attention the threat of international terrorism and the devastation that it could cause for the major powers. These attacks provided the motivation that the Bush administration needed to authorise the invasion of Iraq. With the attacks brought the realisation that non-state groups had the capacity and willingness to strike against the USA and that the US no longer had a monopoly over war therefore validating the use of force against terrorist organizations (Amin, 2006). In light of 9/11 and other attacks aimed at the USA, the US embarked on a highly militarised anti-terrorist campaign (Bassil, 2012). In his 2002 State of the Union address, President George W. Bush confirmed

Terrorism is a form of communication because it gets the attention of major countries, it widens a terrorist group’s publicity, and it exposes a goal that a group of people want to achieve to the general public. A good analogy for terrorism would be to think of it as the younger sibling in a family of four. You have the mom, the dad, the older sibling and the younger sibling. Then say the older sibling is getting all the praise and attention from the parents and the younger sibling sees that and wants attention too and it starts doing nice things for attention such as cleaning up, and being nice but that’s not working so it starts to act up. The younger sibling starts throwing fits and making a mess just to get attention and it starts to work. That’s what terrorism is. Most times terrorism comes from groups and political organizations (ISIS, Al-Qaeda Taliban, IRA) whose original intentions we good and started off doing good things for the people but they weren’t getting the attention of major countries and their governments. So

Overall, our society has been impacted greatly since the attacks of September 11, 2001. The growth of terrorism and its groups continues to increase globally. Furthermore, attacks are becoming more sporadic and smaller, making them more difficult to prevent. The United States government continually responds to terrorism which has affected many aspects of society. For example, new requirements are affecting state law enforcement as they have new responsibilities regarding terrorism-related investigations. Additionally, political participation continues to increase, while reenlistment in the military decreases. There is a sense of paranoia in education systems, and Americans persistently discriminate against Muslims. Ultimately, terrorism is

Notwithstanding, the Obama Administration’s most pressing reason for using military measures against ISIS is the “imminent threats to national security” that ISIS posed to the United States (Mulrine 2014). To justify the immediate threat to national security, President Obama evoked two legal precedents as grounds for military involvement; the Authorization for Use of Military Force Act (AUMF) of 2001 and the War Powers Act. The AUMF was passed by the Bush Administration in the wake of

Preventing Terrorism in the United States is a hard thing to overcome, but the government is trying their best to control and prevent terrorist attacks from happening. “The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, were a turning point in American history and demonstrated that the government must have the authority necessary to defend against future attacks, including the right to use the best technology to intercept potentially conspiratorial communications (Jacobs and Newton 1). Having advanced technologies in the United States can prevent Terrorism from happening.

Much of the past decade of the american foreign policy debate has been dominated by the discussion over the merits of counterterrorism. Prior to the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center, counterterrorism was a theoretical measure at most (Cronin). After America threw its weight behind the ‘war against terror,’ however, the coordinated international campaign quickly overwhelmed multiple militant extremist groups. The main target of the ‘war against terror’ was al-Qaeda, an organization that subscribed to the ideas of Islamic thinker Sayyid Qutb and claimed responsibility for the 9/11 attacks in 2004. The attacks were a double-edged sword for al-Qaeda because the ensuing media storm increased their influence like no other while also drawing a target a mile wide on their back. The ‘war against terror culminated in bin Laden 's assassination in May of 2011 by Navy SEALs (Katulis and Juul). Al-Qaeda has since experienced a steady and significant decline of power and influence after bin Laden’s demise. No matter its past status as the dominant extremist group in the Middle East, al-Qaeda has crumbled after American intervention in killing various key figures.

These include studies by Morland, Butler and Leskin into the effects of terrorism in the United States; Vazquez, Perez-Sales and Hervas covering the social and individual effects of terrorism in Madrid; Frazier and Berman covering post-traumatic growth in female sexual assault victims; and Joseph, Williams and Yule on psychosocial perspectives on PTSD and treatment (TRG pg 19). These studies show the importance of reprogramming PTSD clients towards normalizing and coping methods and re-integration into their social worlds using tools that bring about positive attitudes in mind, body, and spirituality.

The idea of banning immigrants or tourists, that pertain to certain requirements (such as religion or nationality), from entering our country has been tossed around lately. The threat of terrorism has spawn this idea and has convinced many Americans that action must be taken to stop terrorism. This idea has always floated in the air, until Donald Trump decided to sign an executive order that banned people from entering the country from pertained countries. Millions of people argue against the order, but others love it, thinking it will protect them from terrorism. Everyone has their own opinion in the matter, but we need to put those opinions aside and listen to boths sides with open minds.

Do to the overabundance of issues and difficulties involved in combating terrorism the United States will never completely end the threat of terrorist violence. For the last few decades, the U.S. has dealt with it fair share of terrorist incidents. These incidents have ranged from individuals with an axe to grind, small groups demanding social and political change, to attacks from transnational organizations with the intent to demoralize and destroy the United States. In order to protect its citizens and interests worldwide, the U.S. has committed to ending the terrorist threat. To accomplish this, the United States has utilized the military in various capacities, as well as all relevant political means. While these actions are normally effective

History is made every day. Some may be good and some may be bad, some may be ground breaking discoveries and some may be heart shattering tragedies. History will never stop being made and it is our job as united citizens, politicians, and leaders to make sure that a great America will go down in history books forever. I want America to seem like the great place that it is to generations and generations to come.In my opinion America is headed down a bad path. Terrorism is a horrible thing yet there is no doubting that rates of terrorism have raised within the last ten years. One of the worst parts of terrorism after September eleventh is that most terrorist attacks in America were caused by of American citizens. Although terrorism is a heinous

Terrorism is something that has affected the lives of the American population in the United States at least once in their lifetimes. It is something that Americans have read about in history books and have seen on national television. The United States defines terrorism under Title 22 of the U.S. Code (USC) Section 2656f (d) as a, “premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant targets by subnational groups or clandestine agents, usually intended to influence an audience.” The U.S. Code breaks terrorism down into two subsections under 18 USC 2331 as “international terrorism” and “domestic terrorism”. International terrorism is defined as:

On September 18th, 2001, Congress enacted the “AUMF”, Authorization for the use of Military Force. The AUMF was at the request of President Bush, in response to the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center buildings in New York City. The AUMF granted the President the authority “to use all necessary and appropriate force against those… he determines planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11th, 2001, or harbored [those who did].” (www.acslaw.org) Al Qaeda was identified as the terrorist group that was responsible for the attack and thus was targeted by the United States Military for the next fourteen years. The AUMF has been referred to as the global war on terror, but that would be an untrue nickname, as the AUMF only authorizes force against those responsible for the September 11th attacks. Osama Bin Laden was identified as the leader of Al Qaeda and subsequently was killed in a raid in Abbottabad, Pakistan on May 2nd, 2011. So far, conflict in the Philippines, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and Djibouti