The World Around Us
W hile it is critical to improve our economy and infrastructure, America must be ready to deal with the world around us. In this day and age, there are many issues facing the world and America must decide where she stands. Does she stand on the side of good, or evil? Does she pursue her own self-guided interests, or the interests of humanity? The answers change which each administration and with each issue. But we need a plan to confront these global threats across the world.
We must end terrorism. Terrorism is evil, and the ones who commit these appalling acts in the name of any religion or nay group are heinous. We must put an end to it, but do it without risking the lives of Americans. We must fight terrorism in a
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These negotiations must end with the transfer of power from Assad to a new Syrian leader. In order for progress to be made in Syria, Assad must step aside. But, we cannot use military force and remove him. We saw how that went with Iraq. And we cannot repeat our mistakes. We must use the power of our words instead of the power of our arms to bring aid and relief to this region of the world. Syria is not the only country that needs our help. North Korea is the most repressive regime on the planet, and Kim Jong Un is the one most sadistic dictators in history. North Korea is violating international agreements every day, with its nuclear missile tests and its infraction of human rights. North Korea must stop continuing down this path or it will face total international backlash. While we must put an end to North Korea’s oppressive regime, we must watch our words and actions. North Korea will not hesitate to violate the 1953 cease fire that has put a pause to the military conflict on the Korean peninsula. The only way to ensure the safety of the world is through continuing economic pressure, through sanctions on North Korea, and any nation that violates these sanctions. North Korea must remain internationally isolated, and any nation who conducts deals with the rogue regime will face international backlash. This is the only way to help
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.
On September 11, 2001 terrorism became a reality! There is no way for the United States to prevent future attacks on Americans without working as a coalition force with the other nations to identify, track, and eliminate terrorist networks around the world. One of the main problems with fighting a war on terrorism is that the nations of the world have become accustomed to working alone as individuals vice working together. The United States will need to change its approach in order to conquer the worldwide threat of terrorism. The way to defeat terrorism at home and around the world is to form an international counter-terrorist task force.
I am writing to you today as a student at the College of William and Mary. I am in an International Security class and recently we studied the events occurring in Syria. As you are well aware, the situation in Syria has been dramatically deteriorating in recent months with the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and the recent entrance of Russia into the conflict. Syria, meanwhile, has been in the midst of a ravaging civil war since the early spring of 2011. Currently, the government of Syria is led by President Bashar al-Assad, a member of the Syrian Ba’ath Party, a branch of the same Ba’ath Party that Saddam Hussein was also a member of. This similarity may lead some to think that Syria will end up like Iraq, with a
The Attack on the September 11, and the consequent War on Terror changed how the American government and its public perceive terrorism and how to formulate a policy to counter the phenomenon. A couple of large wars were waged on the name of War on Terror and many other small wars and conflicts took place in numbers of countries and continents to eradicate the threat of a terrorist attack. Yet the terrorist groups survived and the United States were left with a large debt acquired by expensive counterterrorism effort. After more than a decade, we are still facing the same enemy with no concrete plan to end the conflict. As long as the United States remains as a world powerhouse and a key player in global stage, it will be a target of a terrorist attack, so there must be an effective plan to finally end the threat of terrorism. The counter-terrorism strategy of the United States following the Attack on September 11 has been largely ineffective. In order to end the Fourth Wave of Modern Terrorism, there must be a strategy shift within the United States government while simultaneously creating a counter-narrative to oppose Al-Qaeda 's propaganda.
Terrorism is a frightening reality that all people in today’s world must face. While some areas of the world are facing terrorism more than others nearly are regions and all people are facing the violence and devastating effects of terrorism in one form or another.
Syria is engulfed in a civil war and a refugee crisis that now threatens the West. After fifteen years of wars in the Middle East, after trillions of dollars spent and thousands of lives lost, the situation is worse than it has ever been before.
War on terror is a global challenge. A number of ways have been put across to fight the problem led by the United States of America. Defeating terrorist has been found to be a very effective way of fighting this threat. It is achieved by identity, location and destruction of the terrorists along with their organizations. Once the unlawful activities are spotted, they are confirmed and relevant actions taken against them instantly. Evidence is the U.S bombing of Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan in pursuit of Al- Qaeda network which was successful because Osama was later found and killed.
Terrorism is nothing new to us citizens of the United States and even though it has been used since the early times of recorded history, it can be moderately hard to restrict terrorism. Terrorism has been termed variously as both an approach and policy a crime and a holy duty a reasonable reaction to repression and an unforgivable disgrace. Obviously, a lot depends on whose point of view is being represented. Terrorism has often been an operational tactic for the weaker side in a struggle. As an unbalanced form of conflict, it confers commanding power with many of the advantages of military force at a portion of the cost. Due to the mysterious nature and small size of terrorist organizations, they often offer opponents
I feel it is my responsibility as an American citizen to offer you a critical perspective, in regards to the crisis in Syria, perhaps not seen through the eyes of someone in your distinguished position. Let me speak the words that a share of our fellow citizens have had silenced by the authority of power figures who claim that the United States has an obligation – an obligation to seemingly “mother” other countries, providing protection against any and all harm. I will admit that the conflict overseas is undoubtedly a tragedy and by no means should it be overlooked. However, it is not the responsibility of the United States to play peacemaker among nations, and it certainly does not allow for the disregarding of our own immediate issues.
A month after the Al-Qaeda led bombing of the World Trade Center Towers, former President George W. Bush formally declared a global war on terror. A “war against all those who [sought] to expose terror, and a war against those governments that support or shelter them.” Over seventeen years have passed since the inception of this extremely scrutinized statement, and the United States has yet to make substantial progress towards eradicating terrorism, despite spending nearly 5.6 trillion dollars since 9/11 on U.S. Wars in the Middle East through the 2018 fiscal year (Neta 2017, 2). Major figures such as Al-Qaeda’s founder Osama Bin-Laden have been killed (Phillips, 2011), but yet the problem still persists.
There are approximately fifty five point three million people deaths worldwide each year. More than 4,000 of these deaths each year are from terrorism and fatal events. Recently this number has become more terrifying as terrorists are moving to places they have never been, including those closer to our homes. An article written by Kerby Anderson said, “When we fight terrorism we need to realize we are talking about war. Military warfare is different from civilian peacekeeping.” North America has to realize that terrorists are no longer the foreign people affecting foreign lands, but think about the hundreds of civilian North American lives that could be in danger if these terrorists stay a threat.
Moreover, nothing really secures a stable post-war situation in Syria. Even if the regime falls apart and Assad leaves, a national chaos will most likely dominate in Syria, because the Syrian people themselves don’t know yet what is best to come next, or what kind of regime should rule their country. Some are afraid that the extremist pro-Al Qaeda jihadist group might take over and make things worse with an Islamic state in Syria, which also threatens the rest of neighboring countries and messes with the balance of powers in the Middle East region.
In order for the United States of America and its allies to live a life free of terrorist threats, they need to counter violent extremism and terrorism with swift and deliberate prevention efforts world-wide.
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, which has been around for as long as people can remember, has been on the rise for the past ten years. Terrorists usually use murdering, kidnapping, hi-jacking and bombings to achieve their political purpose. For instance, according to Wikipedia.com (2006), in 1985 816 deaths, then in 2003, more than 1,000 people died by terorist acts around the world. In recent years, terrorism seems to be at a new height and attacks are much more violent than in the past. Unfortunately, in spite of many anti-terror campaigns, projects and organizations are being created for prevention (to prevent) terrorism, the number of terrorists only is increasing. These days terrorism is all over the world.