stuff‚ but the biggest one that almost everyone has an opinion about is war. It all started on September 11‚ 2001 when planes hit the twin towers in New York then the Pentagon‚ then the plane attended for the white house went down in a field. Then began the longest war the U.S. has been involved in the Afghanistan War. Supporters of the war might say they are fighting terrorists who committed these acts‚ Opponents might say “no war costs to much money and cost the lives of too many young men and women
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The War in Afghanistan began in 2001 after the September 11 attacks. United States and NATO coalition forces attacked Taliban and Al Qaeda forces. As of 2014‚ United States personnel were withdrawing from the country‚ ending over a decade of fighting. However‚ the real discussion regarding the United States led war in Afghanistan is whether or not there were any serious diplomatic alternatives. The most crucial word in this discussion is serious‚ because no one can deny that diplomatic alternatives
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The Afghanistan War did not come out to be the success everyone had thought it would be. It actually turned out to be quite the opposite. Continuing the Afghanistan war was a mistake because of it many people were killed or sent away from their families‚ it dragged on for too long‚ and has cost the U.S. billions of dollars. In just 2010 alone 711 foreign troops and 500 American soldiers were killed. (Strategic Studies 31.1 (2011). Academic OneFile. Web. 31 Mar. 2015.) This lengthy war seems to have
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The War on Terrorism and Patriot Act are two important acts regarding terrorism. What is the War on Terrorism and Patriot act you may ask? Well the Patriot act was made so that the United States could hold someone in custody if they are connected or could piently be connected to terrorist groups. Now we have the War on Terrorism act. This act was made so that in the case of a terrorist attack they can stop it with military action. Even though they both have their pros they also have cons. Terrorism
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information is protected or not‚ and if our information is protected what does that exactly mean and who has access to it and how? This paper will examine cyber terrorism and information warfare‚ what has happened in past years and what needs to be done to not only protect our country‚ but us as citizens. According to Cassim‚ “Cyber Terrorism is defined as a premeditated use of disruptive activities‚ or the threat thereof‚ in cyber space‚ with the intention to further social‚ ideological‚ religious
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of bio terrorism being the biggest threat on national security‚ a controversial issue is that nuclear bombs/ warfare is a bigger threat on national warfare. On one hand biological war can be more dangerous due to the terrorist attack could be hidden as a normal disease or a pandemic. On the other hand nuclear bombs could be a lot more dangerous because a bomb could wipe out an entire continent with one explosion. Or the radiation that comes off from the explosion. In summary‚ bio terrorism is the
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Acts of terrorism have a variety of common criteria and methods to achieve such criteria. First‚ let’s examine what common criteria acts of terrorism have. Terrorism can have a variety of definitions‚ however‚ they all surround the same idea. According to Islam and Ryan (2016)‚ acts of terrorism seek to destabilize social order‚ create a dispute‚ and undermine societal cohesion to bring political or social change (p. 181). In addition‚ terrorism can occur internationally (country to country) or domestically
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Afghanistan has been in war with the U.S. mainly because‚ The Taliban refuses to follow through with the commands that the U.S. gave them‚ as well as ‘The Three Phases’‚ Also the planned attack in 2001‚ but mainly because the U.S. wants the mineral resources that are found in Afghanistan. The Taliban refused to undertake 3 simple tasks: shutting down the terrorist training camps‚ giving up the Al-Qaeda leaders and returning all American and Foreign citizens‚ which is part of the reason that we went
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256 on the various planes (Members n.d.). Afghanistan gave safe-haven to al Qaeda while they were planning these attacks. Because of this‚ America declared war on Afghanistan on October 10th‚ 2011. The war has been going on for a decade and now the U.S. government is trying to decide whether to pull out of the war or continue fighting. America should stay in Afghanistan but we should change our goal. We should concentrate on helping the people of Afghanistan get back up on their feet‚ which will help
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attacks happened on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. There are pros and cons to every controversial issue. Four cons that are related to this topic are the following: Police may be torturing an innocent person; Police could kill a person without trying to; Civilians may become scared by hearing police doing such things; It causes a lot of controversy in our society. On the other hand‚ there are positives as well. The four pros of this controversy are that police can get important information on
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