In one day, airport security as the world knew it, would change forever. “It has now been 13 years. Thirteen years since the peace of an American morning was broken. Thirteen years since nearly 3,000 beautiful lives were taken from us, including 125 men and women serving here at the Pentagon. Thirteen years of moments they would have shared with us. Thirteen years of memories they would have made.” 9/11 was not just terrible for the people involved and their families, but for everyone in the United States. 9/11 was the day when a group called al-Qaeda made a plan to bomb multiple buildings in the New York area because they felt that the Christian-Jewish alliance was trying to destroy Islam. The group said they were motivated by religious…
The attacks of September 11, 2001 on our country was one of the most tragic and deadly days in our history. It brought a country together and the American strength of freedom and unity became a battle cry. After the dust had cleared, the questions came about that asked, how could this have happened? Were there not security and intelligence infrastructures and policies in place? Where did these failures occur? Will our country be vulnerable going forward? The events of 9/11 brought a large amount of vulnerabilities to the surface of our country’s security.…
The Kony 2012 campaign began in 2003, when Invisible Children's Jason Russel and his fellow San-Diego film-makers traveled to East Africa in search of a story. There they discovered a civil war in Uganda, where Joseph Kony and his rebel army, the lords resistance army or (LRA), were abducting children and forcing them to become soldiers. A war which western civilization didn't know existed. (invisiblechildren.com) The non-profit organization redirected their films focus to Joseph Kony, resulting in the release of the documentary, Invisible Children: The Rough Cut. Within a week of the video's release, the 30 minuet video had gone viral with 112 million views not including traditional media platforms. (Shirley, 3) So what lead Kony 2012 to circulate so effectively through primarily social media and take up a position in my personal life? Invisible children used viral marketing as well as other motivational tactics to attract individuals to their cause, with the intentions of a form of action towards policy makers in the United States. Theres an overarching theme of “ anyone can make a…
The horrific after math of the tragedy event of 9-11 still impacts the United States government and the life of the citizens living in the United States today. There are still many concerns and question about what can the United States do to help prevent a terror event from taking place again. The United States has made some massive changes in it’s security since 9-11. However, even with all the new laws and regulations some believe that there is still a need for more laws. More laws and regulations that would allow law enforcement and the government to maintain or increase the liberties they have enjoyed prior to 9-11.…
On September 11, 2001, four planes crashed in the World Trade Center in New York. The other two planes crashed in The Pentagon and in a field in Pennsylvania. Many people were shocked and could not believe it, some cried and others were mad that someone could do such a thing, which was all caused by a man named Osama Bin Laden. In reply, the government wanted to strike back and make them pay the price. Later, the government’s response was criticized by people like Cindy Sheehan who believed that the war was a bad idea and also like the newspaper, who also thought that it would be a bad idea.…
This article “Just War Tradition” also refer to as Just War Theory is related to war because it explains the principles and morals behind on taking war as a last resort solution only if the options don't meet the requirements. Also, in the case of war was to happen they discussed on when and where warfare is appropriate to be taken place. Including that, the Just War Tradition was originally discovered by the Christians and their based it on their philosophy. Then theorist Saint Augustine made who made other factions to their philosophy for a better outcome. As years passed another theorist named Michael Walzer stepped in but this time around modernize the principles. The government must apply two principles the first principle is Jus ad Bellum…
What is more important to the citizens of America? The right to their privacy and doing what they want as they wish, in private? Or are they okay with the government surveilling every living thing that they do? Through loopholes in the Patriot Act, the government misuses their power by spying on millions of innocent Americans. The people do have rights within the fourth Amendment though. Simplified, it states that Americans have the right to privacy unless there is probable cause. (Kids n.d.) Where do we as Americans draw the line?…
nation accepted it with open arms for its promising results. What many did not know at this point and will only find out years later was that The Patriot Act will violate their Fourth Amendment rights down the road and that all American citizens and not just those suspected of committing a crime will be a target of this surveillance program.…
On September 11, 2001, a terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York City took the lives of many people around the world. Countries across the sea declared the terrorist strike an attack on the world. The United States was not the only country that was impacted from the events that occurred. More than 12% of the deaths were foreign nationals, not an American citizen (Broady, Dr. Christel). Some of America's closest ties lost citizens in the attack: 67 victims from Britain and 16 from United Kingdom, UK (“British Victims of September 11”). The hardships of 9/11 prompted an international response through foreign assistance in wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, aided America with airline assistance, and the creation of anti terrorism laws.…
The war on terrorism, when we hear the word “war” we usually think about the soldiers that are dying, millions of dollars we are spending, and to have complete control of the world. However, the war can bring many good things to the United States like creating many jobs for the United States economy. The United States has been in many of wars in the past century, but the war we now face today in the Middle East has been going on for about 11 years. It is one of those topics that can be controversial to the public on the war on terrorism. Some of the questions about the war: Is it good to have war?, or is it bad to have war?, what are we gaining from the war?, and what are we losing from the war?…
Nobody likes war; it is so costly in so many ways. Lives are lost, property is destroyed, people are injured and some are disabled mentally and physically. Because of this many people think war must be avoided at all costs. All these facts regarding the high cost of war on a country are true. On the other hand there are situations in which a nation has an obligation to go to war.…
War on terror refers to the ongoing military campaign led by U.S and U.K against organizations identified as terrorists. Terrorism can be defined as an unlawful violence or war deliberately targeted to civilians. It can also be defined as a systematic use of terror to coerce or violent acts intended to create fear. This threat is normally perpetrated for religious, political or ideological goals. The conflict as also called by other names. They include World War III, The Long War, War on Terrorism, Bush’s War on Terror, The Global War of Terror and War on Al-Qaeda, (Coaty, 2010).…
In the world of peace and liberty, the United States faced a huge burden of terrorism threat. The government administration and the law enforcement agents fight everyday to secure and protect the citizen of the United States against religious activist groups and other groups of terrorism such as: al Qaeda, ISIS, Islamic States,...etc. So, the government had established a counter-terrorism program to secure U.S. soil from terrorism threat, and to identify any threat before it occurred in the United States. This counterterrorism program came along with more restrictions on the population to prevent terrorist attacks in United States. Some of these restrictions on people have raised concern about privacy and civil liberties of U.S citizens or in somehow get into the way of personal information and liberty. But, the question we need to ask ourselves is: Should we have more restriction on people to prevent terrorist attacks in United States even though it interfered with privacy and civil liberties?…
After the September 11th attacks on the United States, the U.S. declared a “war on terror.” Within American people, it was economic insecurity that aroused the greatest anxiety among them, “So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance,” said President Franklin D. Roosevelt. That had involved “open and covert military operations, new security legislation, efforts to block the financing of terrorism, and more.” The effort has included several wars, lately the Iraq war and recently, Syria and also the war in Afghanistan.…
“Have a wolf by it’s ear, and we can neither hold him nor safely let him go.” We are in an impossible situation. One that we can neither withdraw, nor remain safely without consequences. We have long overstayed our time in Afghanistan, but what will happen if we withdraw our troops, how long before Taliban takes over, with even more hatred fueling their terrorism than before. But if we stay, how many more soldiers or civilians will be sacrificed fighting in this hopeless war. In order to win a war, on foot combat is essential. But the war on terror is so wide ranging, it can never be overcome. With a war on terror, I believe that we should distance ourselves from combat.…