The Importance Of Terrorism And Terrorism

Terror has become a common feeling in today’s world. Music concerts and churches have become targets for terrorist activity. People are now thinking twice about their safety before leave home. In the book Terror In The Mind Of God by Mark Juergensmeyer, he starts off talking about different terror acts and how it has changed how he views the world. He says, "On a different day, at a different time, perhaps in a different bus, one of the bodies torn to shreds by any of these terrorist acts could have been yours or mine" (Juergensmeyer p. 3). He goes on to talk about how he feels betrayed that his "personal security and order that is usually a basic assumption of public life cannot in fact be taken for granted in a world where terrorist acts exit" (Juergensmeyer 3). Terrorism is a huge concern for Americans today. We hear on the news about church shootings and attacks on people attending an outdoor concert. We begin to feel unsafe going out in public and enjoying basic activities.

Have you ever had a fear for your family, your town, your country, or your world. How about the fear to have everything taken from you, destroyed, and not caring if it has hurt you or not? What about your fear and pain is, and can be someone else’s happiness? The fear of you being terrorized? That is terrorism. Someone else bringing fear and terrorizing you. That is a terrorist’s goal. Terrorism is common and is very difficult to stop. The government promises protection for the people, and their home, but they can not give that protection if they can not stop terrorism. Terrorism needs to stop to protect the live of the people, and their country.

Terrorism has similarities to every day crime in regard to the preparation a terrorist seeks out before the attack. Criminals have to survey, elicit themselves, test security, acquire supplies, then deploy their plan. This is similar to terrorism where they have to survey, elicit themselves, test security, acquire funding and supplies, actively impersonate, rehearse, then deploy their plan. When law enforcement, emergency responders, and other government entities, are preparing their crews for potential crimes, there isn’t much difference between a terrorist attack and any other potential crime. The most common difference is that “terrorists are driven by a religious or political ideal, whereas the criminal is driven by greed (Newman and Clarke, 2008)”. First responders are the most important people after a terrorist attack has occurred and are exposed to the most risks thereafter.

Terrorism is a word that brings up many emotions, but no one agrees on a singular definition for it. Chernotsky and Hobbs, define terrorism as “The threat or use of violence to change an existing political order” (Chernotsky and Hobbs 2013: 107). The UN has a similar definition with, “acts of violence that targets civilians in the pursuit of political or ideological aims” (UN Factsheet No 32: 5-6). Both of these definitions agree that terror attacks target civilians with the goal of changing something. They disagree in what terrorists change with Chernotsky and Hobbs say its purely political and the UN says it could also be ideological. The FBI has very specific definitions for terrorism with different definitions for international and domestic terrorism. It has even more reasons why a terror attack may occur with, “Appear to be intended (i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population; (ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or (iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping”(VOX, “How do we define terrorism?”). With these varying definitions of terrorism, it is hard to determine what is and is not terrorism. One person’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter. In an interview with the Atlantic Martha Crenshaw describes some of the many reasons as to why it is hard to define terrorism such as a person’s view on whether or not a person is a terrorist. Crenshaw states that terrorism is

The Declaration of Independence, the most influential document in our nation’s history, contains the phrase, “All men are created equal.” When Thomas Jefferson wrote this sentence in 1776, it carried with it the idea of hope, equality, and freedom. However, the once awe-inspiring phrase is now empty and meaningless. It's once patriotic and equitable message has been lost to the persistent and grotesque societal illness which is terrorism. Ever since the declaration of independence was created, terrorism has been on the rise. In fact, it has been on the rise after the widely known “9-11 terrorist attack.” Thus, terrorism has been on the rise due to discrimination, religion, and political grievances.

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The nature of terrorism and the goals associated with a terrorist attack make it a very broad term, and terrorism can take many forms. “Terrorism is defined in the Code of Federal Regulations as “the unlawful use of force and violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives” (28 C.F.R. Section 0.85).” (Federal Bureau of Investigation Counterterrorism Division, 2005, p. iv) The definition from the Code of Federal Regulations identifies certain elements that are always present in a terrorist attack: the unlawful use of force or violence, a victim, and a political or social objective.

Death and injured people are in the prayers of all. Tears create a river and fear enters the air. As a country that is highly known everywhere there are many attacks that affect how other and yourself see the country. The violent attacks are able to show us the different views over terrorism.Through these many views, we are able to see how American society believe that a terrorist is classified through their origin and race rather than their actions.

United States citizens have perceived terrorism as recent emergence, not a strategy or tactic that has raged over hundreds of years by various actors. For example, the expansion of European trade in South and Southeast Asia in the 17th century brought about violence by local Muslim population who felt their livelihood, culture and society was threaten by European influences. The encroachment and conquest by Europe was successful despite military campaigns and guerrilla tactic that was intended to hold the expansion at bay.

Terrorism has many trends in our today’s world, the enormity of the complexity of the numbers of terrorism and why some are combatted against and some just get away with whatever bad they did. Usually, there will be individual ways of lives that may traditionally opposed to the use of violence in addressing certain situations due to the inability of a total disregard or unwillingness of the society to engage with certain trouble makers in the world. Plus as the famous saying goes “One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter.” Because if a group of people that shared the same ideology are against one subgroup of people that they don’t identify with may result to violence or even negligence of some of those threats and violence by the central authorities running that particular place and these types of negligence resort to grievances that often escalates the rate of hatred, anger, bigotry among citizens of the same nation and may end up violent between groups that are not even known as a terrorist organization because vengeance and animosity and grievances all comes in different forms and people that embark on terrorism as a results of trends like these, may not necessary belong to well-known terrorists organizations.

The world and multiple nations are now facing a form of threat that is plaguing the very existence of our society: terrorism. The awareness and spread of terrorist activities are constantly being shown to us on a daily, giving us a reminder of the damage it has done, can be done, and how it has affected the many lives all around the world. The evolution of technology and information technology, terrorism has evolved in their criminal methods as well. Like Whitman and Mattord (2011) states, “the largely imbalanced set of resources compels the terrorists to be in constant lookout for innovative ways of attack, which are not only cost effective but could also provide adequate anonymity and avoid easy detection” (p. 158).

Following the September 11 terror attack on the United States, terrorism has remained a salient issue for the Australian government and a significant source of anxiety for Australians. In fact, a study conducted by Hassan and Martin (2015) determined that 81% of Australians are somewhat fearful of terrorism. In response to the threat, Australia implemented an exhaustive counter-terrorism regime to pre-emptively eliminate potential harms (Williams, 2011). However, while expanded police and judicial powers are somewhat effective crime prevention mechanisms, they do not address the underlying problem. Essentially, a common characteristic of recent terror attacks in Sydney and Melbourne is that the perpetrators are ‘home grown’ individuals who have been radicalised. Critically, these individuals are not formally connected to terrorist organisations, making them harder to detect (Patucci, Ellis, and Chaplais, 2016). The potential harm of terrorism is catastrophic, thus, various developmental programs in Australia and around the world attempt to minimise youth radicalisation through early intervention. Nevertheless, developmental criminology remains underutilised in the counter-terrorism regime and is an important step to eliminating the accompanying us vs. them mentality. Therefore, this paper will establish the body of literature and theoretical framework from which recommendations may be drawn to inform de-radicalisation programs.

Acts of terror and violence have been committed for centuries from gruesome public beheadings to violent street battles (Zalman, 2017). It appears as time has passed there is more thinking behind the violent acts for selfish gains. The threat is real, and terrorists have their hands on anything form handheld tools to nuclear and biological warfare. Terrorist violence must be totally ruthless, for moral scruples and terror do not mix and one or the other must be rejected (Poland, 2017). This is the mindset of most terrorist groups or cults. There are multiple reasons for terrorist atrocities, one of the most obvious reasons is they can produce pure terror or like to instill fear into their target (Zalman, 2017).

Modern society is in a state of turmoil, with the Middle East being the spotlight of the world. With the formation of new, and powerful, terrorist organizations becoming evermore present in the world, the question of American safety, as well as how the populous is expected to remain unprejudiced after attack after attack is executed, with no face. In order to create a safe environment in the United States promoting equality and freedom in twenty first century, extremism and terrorism must be properly addressed, along with the rights, values, and safety of the American populous. These problems need to be addressed first through having the United States stop being the world’s police. Always butting in where unwelcome, the US constantly angers a myriad of peoples and groups. American safety would also need to be addressed as a result of this, as the fear of terrorist refugees is a concern for many in the US today, and this fear has been an ever rising concern since the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Helping the Middle East by letting it figure itself out, by not imposing beliefs, would remove the need for the refugees in the first place. In the meantime, the rights given to the people by the Constitution, must be enforced, yet applied correctly in a modern time. Also, a society must be created that incorporates all peoples, equal in their freedom. This would create overall values appreciated by the mass. In order to not only further protect those rights, but help ensure the safety, and values, of the American populous.

Several books have wasted ink and money in attempting to define terrorism, what it is and why it happens. Terrorism has been present in our world since the earliest times of history and it can definitely not be seen as a novel occurrence. Usually when one tries to explain terrorism, the definition that emerges is ‘a holy duty’ and which has both a scheme as well as a strategy and it is seen as a justified reaction to maltreatment and unnecessary aversion. There are common patterns that are seen amongst terrorist activities and they all adapt to different forms such as kidnappings, threats, bombings, assassinations and airplane hijackings. At the end of the day, however, it all depends on whose point of view is being taken into consideration during this explanation. Terrorist organizations are usually considered to be small and are known to possess a secretive nature. This secretive nature tends to serve as an advantage to them when they attack since they do not provide their opponents with any clear organization to defend themselves or avert the attack. However, in a few cases, terrorism was used to maintain a war without the opponent ever recognizing the type of threat it poses to the country, thereby making terrorism a criminal activity.