Has Al Qaeda become a problem in the United States today? Does the United States need to do something to stop Al Qaeda? Many U.S. Citizens think that all types of terrorist should be killed, then we wouldn 't have to worry about them anymore. The U.S. Policy on Terrorism has spread terrorism instead of containing it. These are some of the cons on the U.S. Policy on terrorism. "However, Americas counter terrorism policy has given Al Qaeda hope for short term and if we continue that Policy, it may well assist them in their ultimate goal of establishing a hegemonic caliphate in the Muslim world"(Smith). The counter Terrorism Policy is giving Al Qaeda extra time to plan an attack. People are saying that the counter terrorism policy is helping the U.S., but it 's really not. "In fact there have been more terrorist attacks worldwide in the four years since September eleventh than in the four years prior"(Meehan). Which means, The U.S. Policy has just made terrorism worse. There have been sixty or more terrorist attacks since 9/11. The U.S. Is giving terrorist to much time to come up with a plan for another attack then act apon it. The United States has unused too much great knowledge …show more content…
These are some concerns about Al Qaeda and what they will do next. "He noted that the United States did not have a broad, integrated plan to stop the next generation of terrorist and that the United States was putting relatively little effort in to a long range plan"(Meehan). The United States needs to get a plan together to stop the next generation of terrorist (which will be meaner than these). "Also at the same time, because of our choice of military confrontation, the nature of the threat that we have faced has changed"(Smith). Which means, The United States hasn 't chosen the best ways to go about thing at times. They also need to change the way they go about doing certain things. The United States might need to Change the way they go about trying to get a good control over Al
Yet, there are still terrorist groups plotting to take us down that we are not aware of. Holder, Napolitano and Clapper stated “We have expanded the number or Joint Terrorism Task Forces (JTTFs) around the country from 35 to 104-” (706) as an example of logos. Ethos is shown through the knowledge the writers have on the safety precautions made throughout the years. The positive take they have on the safety increase and strong framework throughout the country is shown through pathos. The United States is a
The Patriot Act will be one of the most controversial pieces of legislation ever to be passed by the United States’ government. People in our society nowadays give the ultimatum “pro security, or anti-freedom?” That is not the Patriot Acct in a nutshell; it is far from that statement. There are more cons than there are pros, but the pros that have come out of the passage of the Patriot Act may have saved millions of American and international lives from the destruction of terrorist. That being said the lives that were saved did come at a price of the American citizens’ privacy and broke numerous amendments from the Bill of Rights.
The Patriot Act provides the United States’ law enforcement agencies broad power in both domestic and international surveillance. This act was designed due to the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001. President Bush requested this act to the United States Congress which they passed on October 26, 2001. The act was put in place quickly to stop terrorist within the United States border and be able to apprehend and prosecute the terrorist before they are able to act ("Patriot Act."). The Patriot Act was established to prevent terrorist attacks however; the Patriot Act violates the Constitution making the Act illegal.
Although the Patriot Act presents virtually many positives, the overall aspect of its existence is detrimental to the citizens of the United States as a whole. Originally being passed in order to protect the country from acts of terrorism, the specificities of the Patriot Act were never underlined which has since led to a much more generalized definition of what legal actions can be pursued on the basis of the Act. Essentially, the Patriot Act should be abolished because it infringes on constitutional rights of citizens, it lacks effectiveness in its goal, and the manner in which it was passed makes you question whether or not it was fully thought through. The Founding Fathers created the Constitution in order to protect the rights of citizens
The rising threat of terrorism went ignored by the US government when Osama threatened use of aircraft in an attack against the US (Langley, 69), and because the US wouldn’t acknowledge this, Osama naively believed that america was weak (September 11 attacks, n.p.) and stated that it is a muslim duty to kill americans (Langley, 44), America only makes it worse by trying to kill Osama, making it look like americans really are a threat to Islam (Langley,
The United States cannot afford another 9/11, so that why increase the intelligence efforts in counterterrorism. The terrorist want to harm the United States by any means necessary by learning and readjusting their post 9/11. 2. How effective are modern measures in hardening critical infrastructure and other potential targets?
Non-state actors attempt to attack the U.S. and recruit U.S. citizens to participate in attacks against our homeland without warning. The prospect of terrorist attacks on our homeland from non-state actors or our own radicalized homegrown terrorists has increased a
Since then the security measures has significantly increased but that alone can 't put a stop to terrorist threats. The Patriot Act permitted law enforcement to investigate and gather information of all reported terrorism related crimes. Which resulted in the capture of terrorists and successfully shutting down their
Homeland Security had many warnings prior to 9/11 that Al Qaeda was planning an attack on the United States. “President Bush himself admitted that he ‘didn‘t feel the sense of urgency’ about terrorism before 9/11, despite repeated warnings that Al Qaeda could be planning to hijack airplanes and use them as missiles,”(Perrow, 3). If they had taken those warnings into consideration 9/11 may have been prevented and many people would still have their loved ones. Before Homeland Security there were 21 other departments under Homeland Security. The United States had many options and one of them worked out great.
America underestimated the power of Al Qaeda, just like we underestimated the Japanese. America has grown stronger, and continues to focus of growing and making a more efficient era for future Americans, but one thing is certain, and that is don’t come knocking on Americas door without expecting
This strategy is one that calls for deterrence and the plan of containing the enemy rather than direct action. On the other hand, the War on Terror’s strategy is more closely focused in striking fast and hard before the enemy knows what is happening; in other words, their strategy is pre-emptive warfare. Destroying and disrupting the terrorist’s organizations will create a crippling effect in how they will be able to attack us and their ability to plan and operate within their organization. We will attack their leadership, communications, finances, and their control. During the War on Terror, the United States is no longer utilizing the same strategies that have been employed in the past.
We are maximizing our security, and we are determined to keep this from happening again. Pitts also says, “ you don’t know what we’re capable of. You don’t know what you just started. But you’re about to learn.” Pitts writes this almost as a threat to the terrorists to tell them, they can try again and try to break us but we will get revenge.
Overall, the current situation with ISIS is complex and goes way beyond the 2011 or even 2002 invasion. Arguments are made that the policies created by the ottoman empire and the “sand lines” that were drawn, are now showing the repercussions. The current policy that the United States has against ISIS is not strong enough and it will never be enough without the support of the international community. The changes of creating safe zones and enforcing no fly zones can only be accomplished if the policies are supported by the international community and the states from that region. Iran is another major problem within the situation.
Since 2001, terrorism has killed 3,380 Americans. What if in future years... this number could be reduced? Not only in America, but in many other countries has terrorism corrupted minds and lives. In 2001, after 9/11, the US declared a war on terror. First going after Taliban and Al Qaeda, then attacks on ISIS.
Attackers unleashed a coordinated wave of explosions, gunfire and hostage-taking in Paris Friday night that left more than 132 people dead, more than 350 injured and generated scenes of horror. The only thing people think that will stop terrorist attacks is escalating a war with ISIS. The United States should not escalate the war with ISIS because it will cause more problems, anger will be brought down upon us, and the plan might not even work. Escalating the war will cause more problems between the U.S. and ISIS.