The media blamed us for the 9/11 attacks, yet it wasn’t us. The whole idea of “Al-Qaeda” is fake. This is all fake. All this stuff the media pushes into our brains is their way of brainwashing us. They’re just trying to present Muslims in the worst possible way.
History Controlled Assessment. Why has 9/11 had a lasting significance on the fight against terrorism? In the past we have always had a problem with terrorism; There have been bombings in many different countries like Kenya, Beirut, Lebanon, Iran and Tanzania. These bombings happened because the US positioned troops out in the countries near holy sites and embassies for protection but some people didn’t like it, like Osama Bin Laden, and decided to act on it resulting in the attack of 911. Another act of terrorism was the ‘Klu Klux Klan’ who were a group of white people who did not agree with the slave trade being abolished so they would commit crimes (like burning down buildings and rioting) and would harm people who agreed with slaves being freed.
Most people have become more aware of terrorism, since September 11th 2001, on this date members of the al-Qaeda terrorist group managed to hijack American Airlines Flight 11 and drive it into the World Trade Center, located in New York City. The attack caused 2,819 people to die; some were working in the towers, some were just very unlucky and happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, and also some of the emergency personnel died that day trying to rescue others (www.nymag.com). There were a few other attacks that day, each one killing more innocent people. These horrible acts of terrorism caused the United States to go into panic mode. Americans evacuated buildings, shut down airports, and rushed to see their loved ones because they were terrified of what might happen next .
Consequently, we might even have more time to consume for analyzing what and where may the terrorists’ attacks be. However, if we wasted our time on finding the correct prisoners and torture them, we are not only having a risk of killing them, but a risk of receiving lies, for they might tell lies to stop torturers from continue torturing them, or nothing at all as well. Another case that would be extremely likely to happen is that criminals who are tortured begin to hate the world much severer. As a result, they would become determined that they would say nothing about their plans. Furthermore, they would be viewed as potential risks when they are out from the jail since the more they hate the world, the higher the potential of constructing evil attacks by them would be.
It is also blatantly evident that in the past Radical Islamists have taken several major acts of terrorism and violence in an attempt to achieve these goals. It is because of these things that Radical Islam is considered by many, as a threat to world security. The core belief of Radical Islam is to gain complete control of the world and to do so by any means necessary, clearly outlining that Radical Islam is a threat to world security. Radical Islamists draw on the beliefs of Islam and consider their actions as the will of Allah, which calls for his followers to bring the world to him, somewhat like Christianity, however Radical Islamists take a much different and more destructive route in achieving this goal. An Al Qaeda training manual clearly outlined that “Islam does not coincide or make a truce with unbelief, but rather confronts it” which is essentially stating that if people don’t agree with their beliefs, they do not believe in a peaceful resolution, but prefer to use the “dialogue of bullets, the ideals of assassination, bombing, and destruction, and the diplomacy of the cannon and machine-gun”.
The Islamic nation feels the need to always be in attack mode because of the big threat that the United States poses as. The catastrophic and rebellion among the Islamic people is what is tearing them down and not the United States. The ongoing battles between the United States and the Middle Eastern nations have been going on long enough. The deepest part of the conflict comes from the fact that each country does not actually know how powerful the other one is. The Middle Eastern should see its own nation as a threat and not that the United States is a threat to them.
Among those changes were a sharp increase in airport security. Full body scanners, pat-downs, and the No Fly List were implemented to heighten airport security and thwart the ongoing threat of terrorists. This has led to immense criticism from passengers, who believe these costly and advanced screening procedures are violating their individual rights (“Airport Security”). Some passengers support the need to secure the public with these efficient safety measures; others refute, stating they are intrusive, expensive, and ineffective. Airport security is an important asset around the world, but also establishes problems to privacy guaranteed in America, sparking a great debate between safety and privacy.
The use of torture as a deterrent is a technique commonly used in counterinsurgency. It is intended to intimidate and frighten adversaries into compliance. The persons being tortured need not have any particular information; their value is to serve as an example to others and promote fear. Political uprisings are often violent, and torture of a few rebels to prevent further outbreaks of bloodshed at first seems like a worthwhile trade. Yet a recent study on combating insurgency shows that "...torture is ineffective for reducing killings perpetrated by insurgents both because it fails to reduce insurgent capacities for violence and because it can increase the incentives for insurgents to commit future killings" (Sullivan 402).
However, terrorists can argue that their methods are ethical and just to right wrongs due to political and social injustices. For instance; when people have been stripped of their rights or land, resorting to terrorism could be the only effective means to bring change. Many nations live in hunger or poverty—particularly the Third World countries—and see few options other than violent acts of terrorism to get the attention of the media in hopes of making their world better. After the attacks of September 11, Osama bin Laden, founder of Al-Queda, felt that the land of his people is being stripped by oppressive U.S. military forces simply by occupying the holy lands of
But the US govt. has made its stance very clear that it won’t stop these attacks as they are effective against terrorism. But this has been wrong move on US government’s part as the drone attacks which have resulted in killing of innocent people has led to the creation of more terrorists. It has been seen that those whose relative were