Thursday, January 14, 2010

Terrorism, What Should We Do?

Well, i've been thinking about how the united nations and many other countries are approaching the terrorists. Mainly, terrorists are considered a major target, someone to kill off or jail to reduce trouble. When I think of the word "terrorist" I usually think of the stereotype that many people are taught. A middle eastern Muslim man of about 25-35 years of age who wants to kill everyone in the USA. This is very stereotypical and is probably not exactly right. Sadly, this is the way most of us think. To be honest, I feel that we have taken the wrong approach against the terrorists. I feel that we are taking the wrong approach and making more people hate us. "As we strike Afghanistan it is worth remembering that not a single Afghan has been tied to a terrorist attack against the United States." (http://www.fareedzakaria.com/ARTICLES/newsweek/101501_why.html) In some ways, I feel that we should show the terrorists that what they are doing isn't right and set an example instead of trying to kill all of them. Some Terrorists have only joined the groups because they are tired of America attacking their country and in some cases, killing their families. They want to seek revenge. If this keeps going on, all this is. This is a war about vengeance, because we attack them, they seek revenge, they attack us, we seek revenge and so on. This can get very messy. I think that we should set the example before we wait for them to.

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