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This 8 page paper discusses the underlying roots of terrorism and what policies might be put in place to respond to this threat. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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causes of terrorist activity, and suggests appropriate policies to respond to it. Discussion There are many theories that try to explain terrorism, but no one can say for certain what
makes a person ready to kill and/or die for his beliefs, especially when the method he chooses takes many other people with him. One of the most common explanations for
terrorist acts is that the people who perpetrate them are powerless, voiceless, and have no choice but to use extreme measures to make their viewpoints heard. However, as research has
revealed, many terrorists are not poor people with no influence; frequently they are very well-to-do, and well-connected. There seems no reason why a person who has the ear of a
government official should be reduced to blowing up buildings. Clearly this explanation is not sufficient. Andrew Fiala says that terrorists are not "merely pathological; they are political agents who utilize
a calculus of terror. They use destructive force in order to antagonize people and destabilize social structure: (Fiala, 2002, p. 14). It appears to be their hope that they can
impose their own beliefs or systems on the destabilized structure. We frequently castigate them as being criminally insane, but Fiala points out that they have a horrible sort of sanity,
and they are really "quite rational--they know how to do cost-benefit analysis in order to maximize the results of their activity" (Fiala, 2002, p. 14). The few Al-Qaeda operatives who
attacked on September 11 were amazingly efficient, if we consider that "this one act ... operatives, resulted in a radical change in U.S. policy" Fiala, 2002, p. 14). Overall,
it seems that terrorists strike for political reasons, but since political alliances and policies shift constantly, predicting terrorist activities is likely to prove futile. While one might argue that its
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