Terrorist Attacks: A Threat to Our Nations Wellbeing

Prompt: Hijack!

The U.S.’s Foreign Policy has been abused by our nation, thus generating the beginning of a never ending war. Many unimaginable, life threatening events have occurred in the past decade dealing with terrorist threats and attacks against the United States. These threats and attacks have taken away lives, ruined families, and deterred the prosperity of the United States economy. If I had any political power and had to make a vital decision that would affect the American people, all the problems that we face now would never have evolved from the beginning, and they would be in the best interest of the people.

If I was in a situation and an airliner was being hijacked by terrorists and they were demanding some sort of ransom, I would at least listen to their demands. However, I wouldn’t actually give them what they wanted because then they would think they just got over and have the upper hand. I would also be condoning terrorist attacks, expressing to the world that terrorist attacks are tolerated, and not protecting my nation to the best of my ability while abiding by the law.

Currently, our Foreign Policy is being overlooked by the Bush administration. To my understanding we have laws and we were taught to abide by them or else be punished. However, the authorities or “leaders” are not even following the laws, so how are the American society supposed to follow the laws. The Foreign Policy states that it was made in order "to create a more secure, democratic, and prosperous world for the benefit of the American people and the international community." This statement is a huge contradiction, because it is the total opposite of the issues being faced in today’s society.

The issues at hand are ultimately being solved by war. I wouldn’t use war as the first resort, if anything, and common sense would tell you that you don’t want to physically harm the opposite party, you want to be stern and assertive to get your point across. In doing this, you can probably get more accomplished instead of just killing thousands of innocent people. This doesn’t just apply to the government, but the terrorists too! If the terrorists want something accomplished they can address the situation differently instead of threatening innocent people’s lives. Their problem is not with the citizens of the nation, its with the government, so that’s who they need to take it up with.