Quintant Greer
English 1301
Bruce Martin
October 30, 2008
Terrorism
The “War on Terrorism” to this point has been wrapped in controversy because of its lack of effectiveness. It can be compared to the “War on Drugs” because it is like fighting against an ever changing enemy that is seemingly unbeatable. Our current strategies have proven futile. Both of these wars can be liken to a reptile; you can cut off a leg or tail or part of its body and it will regenerate, but if you cut at just the right spot near its head it will die and regeneration is impossible. We have to find that spot, we have to understand what fuels terrorists, and we have to understand what terrorism really means, then we can be successful in stopping terrorism. America needs to go on an all war on terrorism before it is too late attacking domestic, global and terrorist funding will make defeating terrorism easier
The terror created by Hitler was created out of Germany’s weakest point in History. Hitler’s campaign was that anyone not blonde haired and blue eyed was responsible for their oppression. He used lies and brain washing to play on the countries weakness. He gave them hope when they had none. He then turned from rebuilding their self esteem to controlling their every move and thought with fear tactics. He was not satisfied with just controlling Germany he soon began to make war with other countries in his attempt to purify the world. Eventually Europe had to go to war to defeat Hitler to stop the propaganda machine known as Nazi Germany. Radical Islam started in the 1920’s with attacks to overthrow oppressive governments in the Middle East. After taking control of the Middle East they were still not satisfied after this they turned their focus to converting everybody to Islam. America believed it was their foreign policy that made these people hate us when in fact we helped Osama bin laden against the Russians. (2fact.com 2) He in turn orchestrated the...