Today, America is faced with a challenging question: What is to be done about terrorism? There are not easy answers to this question. There are many options and methods to dealing with terrorists that the United States has used in the past. At times we have been successful in our efforts and at others we have failed. In Sun Tsu's book The Art of War, he writes know your enemy, this is the most effective strategy in battle. But does America really know its enemy? Certainly, we have seen pictures of Osama Bin Laden and Yasir Arafat, and we associate them with terror. But these photographs are merely images of evil; they are not the basis of our struggle. To truly understand what we are dealing with we must understand the root of their motives: we must understand terror. To do this we must explore the definition of the word it self, what does it mean and what are the characteristics of terrorism. Then we can trace the historical evolution of terror throughout history starting wit!.
h the French revolution and ending in the present day. From there we can discuss the motives behind the violence, what leads these groups to such fanatical means and what was their desired goal. In doing this we can more clearly examine what terrorism is, how it came to be and evolved, and why it happens. .
Terrorism is an issue that is at the top of America's agenda (Pillar 1). But terrorism is a difficult word to define. Many scholars have made valiant attempts to define it, however there definitions have often been too broad or too shortsighted. Even the American State Department has a definition that is not all together agreeable. One must hesitate when calling any group who opposes the establishment or anyone who engages in violence a terrorist (Hoffman 13). The people themselves do not believe they are terrorists, they prefer "freedom fighter" or "liberator". We tend to refer to acts that scare or terrorize us as "terrorist".
Our freedom is taken away from us though when terrorism strikes. Terrorism implants fear in to the minds of all and disrupts our everyday actions. ... The biggest threat facing our nation is international terrorism. ... There are many different types of terrorism, for many different purposes. ... There are two major problems with this form of terrorism. ...
Terrorism Merriam Webster's 2003 dictionary defines terrorism as "violence (as bombing) committed by groups in order to intimidate a population or government into granting their demands." ... Terrorism has left me with a significant fear of danger to contend with. Terrorism has also led me to a new perspective on life. ... Terrorism made me become conscious of the fact that I want a family of my own. ... Terrorism gave me a vast amount of pride in my country. ...
Terrorism and Globalization: Is Terrorism a Part of Globalization? ... The intent of this paper is to discuss terrorism and globalization and to find out whether or not terrorism is a part of globalization. ... Is globalization a cause for terrorism, do the two go hand-in-hand? Does globalization breed terrorism; is it a means for the survival of terrorism? ... One must know a timeframe for the "sudden trend- of terrorism as well as how terrorism and globalization will be defined for this paper. ...
What impact does the media have on terrorism? ... I believe these are the three most important issues when talking about terrorism. ... The media also has a tramendus effect on America's views of terrorism. ... What can we do to stop terrorism? ... So all and all, terrorism is a bery bad thing for society. ...
The FBI classifies terrorism as either domestic or international, depending on the origin, base, and objectives of the terrorist organization. ... • International terrorism involves a group or individual, who has some connection to a foreign power or whose activities transcend national boundaries. The terrorism is constituted thus as much in the internal scope as in the world-wide one, like in a route opened to all violent act, degrading and intimidatory, and applied without reserve or moral preoccupation. ... Isn't these terrorism? ... But now tell me who do you think is ...
Terrorism is the affected, use of violence to bring forth fear. Terrorism may be motivated by political, religious, or ideological ideas. The base of terrorism is to produce fear in someone to make a government change its political attitude. ... First, this paper will discuss how the terms extremism and terrorism are actually relate? ... Juergensmeyer (2003) argued that the terms extremism and terrorism are difficult to be defined. ...
By defining terrorism thoroughly, we can begin to look at what terrorism is really about. ... Terrorism is not just coercion, but it also revenge. ... Israel's actions can be logically equated to being terrorism which leads to the question of whether American foreign policy is also a form of terrorism or not. ... During this past century, terrorism has shifted from being anarchy based to a new array of terrorism rooted in newer ideologies. ... This example of terrorism is different, however, than the other more common form of terrorism which is political terrorism. ...
By defining terrorism thoroughly, we can begin to look at what terrorism is really about. ... Terrorism is not just coercion, but it also revenge. ... Israel's actions can be logically equated to being terrorism which leads to the question of whether American foreign policy is also a form of terrorism or not. ... During this past century, terrorism has shifted from being anarchy based to a new array of terrorism rooted in newer ideologies. ... This example of terrorism is different, however, than the other more common form of terrorism which is political terrorism. ...
The war against terrorists is continuing and the world community has decided to continue to fight till terrorism is fully wiped out from the face of this earth. The UNO has, in a resolution, called upon various nations to join hands and work as United Alliance to face this threat of terrorism anywhere at any time in the world. ... Terrorism has already taken a heavy toll of life and property. ...
Many people realized terrorism is a big problem. ... Like what exactly is terrorism? ... And last but not least how can terrorism be prevented? ... For my first question, which was, what is terrorism? ... They will always be terrorism but they will justice. ...
