The Counter Terrorism Strategy In The United States

Today, domestic terrorism is one of the major threats to the national security of the US. Since 9/11, the US intelligence services and law enforcement agencies viewed international terrorism as the major threat to the public security of the US but the threat of domestic terrorism has been underestimated. At any rate, American law enforcement agencies conduct active campaigns to prevent international terrorism but domestic terrorism become a serious threat to the national security of the US. In such a way, the US needs to develop effective strategies to prevent the rise of domestic terrorism. Otherwise, the US may face a threat of the consistent growth of domestic terrorism as do some European countries, such as the UK, for instance. Therefore, law enforcement agencies should focus their attention on the prevention of domestic terrorism because, even though domestic terrorism is unseen, it may be even more dangerous than international terrorism. Domestic terrorists undermine the country from within, while international terrorists attack the US from the outside and the US can raise barriers to protect Americans from the foreign threat, while domestic terrorism needs effective work of law enforcement agencies nationwide. Therefore, domestic terrorism is a serious threat to the national security of the US and American law enforcement agencies along legislators and the public have to unite their efforts in the struggle against domestic terrorism.

Terrorism is an act of violence, usually done in the public sphere, which is used to incite fear in a population in order to coerce change in public opinion or a government’s position on an issue. In many parts of the world, groups wage war with their countries, either to separate from the government or to overthrow it entirely. Sometimes these people are treated unfairly by their government, and their struggles are justified. Other times, these groups use violence against both military and civilian targets, terrorizing innocent bystanders to get what they want—these groups are terrorists. Often, though, it is difficult to tell the difference.

The Department of Homeland Security in the U.S. is mandated to deal with terrorism problem that has a long history in the U.S. Terrorism has been a threat to U.S. security since the 1800. Terrorists continue to use powerful secret communication strategies and unexpected tools to achieve their intention in the U.S. soil. For example, the 9/11 terrorism attack that killed the highest number of American citizens in history succeeded because terrorist used hijacked passenger planes to perform the attack (Lutz and Lutz, 2013). Although the most notorious terrorism activity in the U.S. soil was performed by Islamic extremist, several other groups among them black militancy, anti-liberal, anti-government, Jewish extremist, fascist extremists, and Palestinian militancy among others have been reportedly caused a terrorist activity in the U.S. in the past and their continued existence still remain a major threat to the U.S. security (Lutz and Lutz, 2013). The counter-terrorism policy administered through the Bureau of Counterterrorism aims at partnering with local security agents, multilateral organizations, non-state actors and foreign governments to defeat local and global terrorism. The policy employs high level of coordinated strategies in securing international partnership to document and monitor and act appropriately to Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO) and Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) as emerging organizations that coordinate international terrorist

A huge wake up call for the whole world was the 9/11 attacks. So many people’s lives were changed or taken away when this disaster struck in the United States. Many people are scared for life because of what happened that day and it got them to thinking more seriously about how to prevent terrorism and how to treat terrorists or suspected terrorists.

In this article “How Safer Streets Can Thwart Terrorists” written by Yonah Freemark, educates us about multiple terrorist attacks that have occurred specifically in the New York area and how the state is working to develop a safer approach. In May of 2017 at Times Square a motorist drove through a large crowd killing one person and injuring many others. Had it not been for a three foot guarding rail, the motorist could have killed many more. Another attack like this happened previously where an average of sixteen pedestrians were killed and since then have doubled. New York is not only the victim of these kind of attacks; famous places like France, Netherlands, and London constantly have attacks like these happen.

Domestic terrorism is the commission of terrorist assaults in a state by people living in a country. In the United States, this form terrorism is an irregularity that seriously treated as a crime. This kind of terrorism entails viciousness against civilian populace or foundation of a country regularly however not by natives of that country and frequently with the aim to threaten, constrain, or influence national policy. In the course of recent years, domestic terrorism has been experienced globally. This has turned to be a threat to the security of common citizens and government officials as they are the targets of domestic terrorists. This paper examines domestic terrorism in terms of the cause, strategy, and the global assessment of bias to United States situation and other countries.

What is United States counter terrorism strategy? Counter terrorism strategies can be is done in many different ways and on many different locations around the world. The United States and many other countries have issues with home grown terrorism. How does homegrown terrorism change our countries counter terrorism strategy. Why is Hybrid terrorism important to the efforts of removing terrorism and deterring terrorism in the future? Major events have affected our counter terrorism strategies over the years; September 11, 2001 was a major terrorist attack in our countries history transformed our counter terrorism strategy to what it is today. What was Khobar Towers and what exactly happened, and why is it important in our counter terrorism

Foreign policy main goal is building relations with other countries such as economic and security relations to serve the interests of the state. Also make alliances with other countries in order to have more influence in the world and that will also ease the burdens of wars. As the book mentioned foreign policy consist of many strategies, such as diplomacy, economic aid, technical assistance, and military intervention. It called foreign policy because it deals with foreign affairs; however, it may occur a change in the local scene and perhaps the country’s stability based on element, which includes the economy and security.

The physical and symbolic attacks on the United States and its political and cultural powers that occurred on September 11, 2001 opened a new academic debate on the issue of terrorism. The abundant literature on the topic, which predominates in the West, reflects an unfaltering focus on Islam and the Muslims, attributing to them the adjective ‘terroristic’.

There has been a deservingly dramatic increase of counterterrorism efforts following the attacks of September 11. Some have proven to be continuously successful, while others have buckled under the critical eye of the public. Some of the lasting tenants of counterterrorism in a post-9/11 world are highlighted in the 2011 Obama administrations’ National Security Strategy for Counterterrorism briefing.

Terrorism is a current threat to our nation, to our lives, to our neighboring countries, and also, to our nation’s allies. While terrorism consists of acts of violence, nevertheless, the loss of innocent lives occur during the process of these acts of violence.

This 2015 National Military Strategy addresses the need to counter revisionist states that are challenging international norms as well as violent extremist organizations (VEOs) that are undermining transregional security. We are working with allies and partners to deter, deny, and – when necessary – defeat potential state adversaries. Concurrently, we are leading multiple coalition efforts to disrupt, degrade, and defeat VEOs. Central to these efforts is strengthening our global network of allies and partners. This integrated strategy requires us to conduct synchronized operations around the globe, implement institutional reforms at home, and sustain the capabilities, capacity, and readiness

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.

Various aspects influence the efficacy of counterterrorism. With these aspects arises a series of limitations and implementation issues, ranging from funding and personnel shortages, out of date technology for some agencies, insufficient and inefficient data collection and sharing methods, and concerns regarding personnel receiving appropriate clearance.

As a direct consequence of September 11, a number of substantial challenges lie ahead in the area of counter-terrorism..   The most prominent of these is the changing nature of the terrorism phenomenon.  In past years, when terrorism was largely the product of direct state sponsorship, policymakers were able to diminish prospects for the United States becoming a target using a combination of diplomatic and military instruments to deter potential state sponsors.  Today, however, many terrorist organizations and individuals act independently from former and present state sponsors, shifting to other sources of support, including the development of transnational networks.