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This 9 page per explores some of the forms terrorism can take, and argues that U.S. strategy to defeat it is lacking in basic essentials. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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these desperate measures feel they are powerless to effect change in any other way. Despite the fact that it is possible, at least in some degree, to understand why people
are driven to extreme acts, those acts can never be condoned. This paper discusses some of the U.S. concerns with terrorism as well as its counterterrorism strategies. Discussion Terrorism is
frightening because its so unpredictable, and because it means that there is no safe place anywhere in the world. Out of the obvious danger it creates with the potential loss
of life involved in terrorist attacks, the reckless ideology of terrorism appeals to a number of people who are willing to sacrifice their own lives to its extremism. There is
also evidence to suggest that U.S. attempts to stabilize countries like Afghanistan and Iraq are unwelcome and rather than making things better, actually create more terrorists. In order to develop
effective responses to terrorism, the first thing to do is to determine the extent of the threat. This assessment has to be realistic, not driven by fear or a desire
for political advantage. One threat assessment comes from Cragin and Daly at Rand in Santa Monica. They remind readers that one of the earliest terrorist attacks that really drew peoples
attention took place more than 30 years ago at the Olympic games in Munich; since then, the U.S. government has been engaged in fighting terrorism (Cragin and Daly, 2004). The
government has targeted a number of groups throughout the world, including but not limited to al-Qaeda (Cragin & Daly, 2004). Unfortunately, it appears that "the basic terrorism aphorism-a lot of
people watching and listening, but not a lot of people dead-has changed" (Cragin & Daly, 2004, p. 2). Al-Qaeda has articulated that one of its most important objectives is "to
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