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The Dangers Of Threats To The United States

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The United States has many great threats to their security. There are people everyday who would do anything to make sure the US can no longer be the biggest world power. The United States is currently battling some pretty serious threats to their security such as: ISIS, cyber threats, climate change, and nuclear security within other states. Globalization has hugely impacted America’s position in the world because of our democracy being the world’s leading superpower and our MNC’s contributing greatly to American consumerism. ISIS or commonly known as “ISIL” poses a huge threat to the United States today. Currently as the National Interest says “ISIS currently controls thousands of square miles of ungoverned territory”(Gottlieb 2017). …show more content…

CNN states “the CIA thinks cyber attacks have the second greatest potential for national destruction behind only a nuclear attack”(Goldman 2011). This statement explains how big of a security threat to the United States cyber threats really are. There are hackers will hack important databases and collect important/confidential information exclusive to the United States government. Firewalls cannot even protect computers at this point. ISIS’s physical attacks have been largely mitigated but their ability to commit cyber warfare is troubling for the United States. CNN also warns that “Though nations are unlikely to attack our systems for fear of response from the United States, terrorists wouldn't hesitate. That's a worry, since our government is woefully unprepared for such an event” (Goldman 2011). Overall, cyber threats are a huge security threat to the United States and the country as a whole is unbelievably unprepared for that. Google defines climate change as “a change in global or regional climate patterns, in particular a change apparent from the mid to late 20th century onwards and attributed largely to the increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide produced by the use of fossil fuels.” Neil Oculi from Humanity In Action says “Climate change presents both internal security threats (threats geographically localized within the US) and external threats (threats existing in regions outside the US that

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