(Waak, 2012) This is in an attempt to prevent these arms from becoming owned by terrorists. It should be noted that the U.N. is playing a major role in this decision, despite the fact that the have recently been found guilty of providing bombs and guns to the Bashar Assad regime, a terrorist group that is slaughtering thousands of Syrians. .
It makes absolutely no sense to allow Iran even to be a member of the U.N., let alone to make a decision on gun rules. "It's tempting to dismiss the treaty – and the outrageous involvement of Iran – as just another U.N. absurdity," (Cole, 2012). The reason this is such a big deal to America is that civilian arms and ammunition is included in the definition of what the U.N. seeks to get rid of. All this discussion is due to the fear of terrorism throughout the world, and this provides proof that the word has scared people into action even outside of America. One could argue that this anti-terrorism movement has been triggered by the 9/11 attacks.
Terrorism's Interaction with Social Networking.
Thomas Friedman takes a look at how the types of dangers that are initiated by the flattening of the world, or globalization. It seems that social networking has also become a facilitator of terrorism. The terrorists increase the amount of fear in the world, and prevent certain countries from joining the global market. In my opinion, terrorist threats aren't going to slow the development of the world economy. The reason businesses are working together overseas is because they find the cooperation fiscally intelligent. These corporations are not limited to just companies, but entire governments. .
With such powerful forces influencing global trade, terrorists groups won't be powerful enough to overcome their dominance. There will be more terrorist attacks, but I see them being more domestic. The Middle East isn't a prime location to do business anyway, and with so much devastation going on there right now, I don't see in the near future an opportunity for terrorists to facilitate an attack comparable to the devastation of 9/11.
