Terrorism Module Analysis

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It has been three weeks since the beginning of this class and we have learned so much within those three weeks. Each week was assigned with one module with learning materials. In this paper, I am going to discuss and explain what I have learned in all three modules. In module one, I will focus on international threats from both political and religious perspectives; module two, I will focus on explaining the face of terrorism and their history, and the application of theory; then module three explains the philosophical concepts associated with the will to harm individuals in large numbers. Module One: In module one, we l will discuss international threats from both political and religious perspectives. In A Military Guide to Terrorism in …show more content…

Terrorism creates threat against civilians so the government can react to it. I will justify the term “terrorism” and how it affects our modern society. “America is at War…. the rise of terrorism fueled by an aggressive ideology of hatred and murder, fully revealed the American people on September 11, 2001” (Bush, 2006). While it is hard to understand why terrorism chose to threaten or terrorize others, in interview Osama Bin Laden gave John Miller, he stated that the fight that the Americans are facing was caused by themselves. Terrorism creates threat to community that worth the attack. That being said, most terrorism acts are targeting the U.S. by killing their own people because they know that the U.S. and their allies will not let that …show more content…

It is noted in A Military Guide to Terrorism in the 21st Century (2007), that terrorist motivations varies depending on the special interests of the individual or groups. Some groups goals are to seek attentions to the public. For instance, in A Military Guide to Terrorism in the 21st Century (2007), it is marked that Al-Qaida focus was to create a major terrorist threat with global scope. The U.S. is likely to be targeted on their high value economic targets. “It is more likely to be crushed by furniture than killed by a terrorist” (Shaver, 2015). This means that there are a lot of other things that aren’t terrorism that are killing many people that we should be focused on instead of giving coverage to terrorist. This means that, the goal is to make people fear of them. In A Military Guide to Terrorism in the 21st Century (2007), it is noted that one of the goals of terrorism is to win the world media coverage. They harm individuals in large numbers so the government in which they are targeting can do something about

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