HIST-405N Week 8 discussion America and Terrorism in the 21st century

HIST-405N Week 8 discussion America and Terrorism in the 21st century Professor and classmates, Terrorism on the home front is a detrimental occurrence that has happened more times than we probably actually realize. According to an act of terrorism is defined as: “the calculated use of violence or threat of violence, against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear”[ CITATION Act19 l 1033 ] In doing my research I found that there were 467 documented acts of terror committed since 1865 in the United States[ CITATION Joh19 l 1033 ], starting with the assignation of President Abraham Lincoln. The Three terrorist activities that I have chosen to discuss were terrible acts against our country. The first was the Oklahoma City bombing carried out by Timothy McVeigh. The 2nd was very detrimental to our country and will be remembered forever, the 9/11 bombing of the World Trade Centers and lastly the Boston Marathon both of which were done by Islamic terrorists. I remember where I was for two out of the three of these terrorist attacks and will never forget how I felt those days. The Oklahoma City bombing occurred on April 19, 1995 and was carried out by Timothy McVeigh. The bombing was deemed an anti-government message from McVeigh because feared that the government was going to repeal the 2nd amendment. This was considered one of the deadliest acts of terrorism, at that time, in American history, [ CITATION Bio17 l 1033 ]. On that day 169 men, women and children lost their life and 675 more were injured because if this senseless act. I’m sure that everyone here can agree that they can remember where and what they were doing on Tuesday, September 11, 2001 in the early morning. It is a day that America will never forget, when she was attacked by the Islamic terrorist group “al-Qaeda” that killed more than 2,700 people and injured more than 8,900 hitting the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and the plane that went down in Pennsylvania[ CITATION Joh19 l 1033 ]. That day, President Bush, promised us that those responsible would be brought to justice by whatever means necessary[ CITATION Cor19 l 1033 ]. That attack on the U.S. brought world leaders and their citizen’s complete support to bring this terrorist organization down[ CITATION Cor19 l 1033 ]. The Boston Marathon bombing, on April 15, 2013, was also completed by Islamic terrorist that killed 3 people and injured 264 more[ CITATION Joh19 l 1033 ]. This act was done by two brothers that were raised in Boston and had radical Muslim beliefs and one had been convicted of domestic violence and the other was sought out for being a possible threat to the US, both remained citizens and nothing was done to either of them[ CITATION Joh19 l 1033 ]. Analyze the responsibility of the United States today to be the world's "policeman." I do think that the United States should partially be the world’s “policeman” in today’s society. We are a very powerful country and for the most part many of the other countries welcome us as a protector for them. I feel that we should be there, in the background, but we should also allow them to build themselves up to be their own police. We should not be the “mother” that always bails them out or makes sure that they are protected all the time. It would be like a mother bird and her babies, they have to fly sometimes, but she is there to help them when they get into terrible trouble.