9/11, 2001: Why Is America A Target?
James S Feliz
September 11, 2001:
Why Is America a Target?
America was a target of terrorism on September 11, 2001, and will continue to be a target of terrorism because it bears a significant degree of responsibility for generating the political, religious, and economic causes of terrorism. As a global superpower and the dominant economic power in the world, the United States has pursued policies which have embittered millions of people throughout the Middle East and the Third World, and one of the consequences of these policies was 9/11. According to Gunaratna (2003) bitterness in the Arab world about Western military and economic dominance, chronic tensions with Israel, and the rise of fundamentalist Islam combined …show more content…
They indulge in shameless hypocrisy, and “support” the war on terrorism while inciting the regrettable paranoia that seethes in the Arab street by portraying the United States as an imperialist superpower bent upon domination of the world and Jews as sinister masterminds of American foreign policy. Neo-conservatives like Rumsfeld (2002) have argued that ultimately, the ideology of mindless hatred that motivates Muslims to blow up innocent people on buses and trains and fly airliners into buildings full of innocent people in the name of “justice” must be repeatedly denounced by every Western government and must be relentlessly discredited through whatever methods necessary. They believe that people who take part in or support such atrocities, or contend that they are legitimate and that their perpetrators are heroic defenders of Islam do not deserve to have their “grievances” addressed by the civilized …show more content…
These developments have made a major war in the Middle East and another 9/11 increasingly likely, for no one appears to have any interest in forging compromises or pursuing negotiations. In conclusion, terrorism has increased over the last thirty years because of bitterness in the Arab world about Western political, economic, and military dominance, Muslim disputes with Israel, and the emerging power of Muslim fundamentalists. This bitterness motivated nineteen Muslims to hijack American passenger jets and attack New York City and Washington D.C. on September 11, 2001. Incited by religious fanatics, trained and financed by Osama Bin Laden’s Al Qaeda terrorist network, they killed three-thousand innocent people on 9/11 and triggered an escalating cycle of violence which has taken the lives of tens of thousands of other innocent people, and has made another 9/11 virtually inevitable. Tragically, America will continue to be a target of Islamic terrorism because it bears a significant degree of responsibility for generating the political, economic, cultural, and religious causes of
September 11, 2001:
Why Is America a Target?
America was a target of terrorism on September 11, 2001, and will continue to be a target of terrorism because it bears a significant degree of responsibility for generating the political, religious, and economic causes of terrorism. As a global superpower and the dominant economic power in the world, the United States has pursued policies which have embittered millions of people throughout the Middle East and the Third World, and one of the consequences of these policies was 9/11. According to Gunaratna (2003) bitterness in the Arab world about Western military and economic dominance, chronic tensions with Israel, and the rise of fundamentalist Islam combined …show more content…
They indulge in shameless hypocrisy, and “support” the war on terrorism while inciting the regrettable paranoia that seethes in the Arab street by portraying the United States as an imperialist superpower bent upon domination of the world and Jews as sinister masterminds of American foreign policy. Neo-conservatives like Rumsfeld (2002) have argued that ultimately, the ideology of mindless hatred that motivates Muslims to blow up innocent people on buses and trains and fly airliners into buildings full of innocent people in the name of “justice” must be repeatedly denounced by every Western government and must be relentlessly discredited through whatever methods necessary. They believe that people who take part in or support such atrocities, or contend that they are legitimate and that their perpetrators are heroic defenders of Islam do not deserve to have their “grievances” addressed by the civilized …show more content…
These developments have made a major war in the Middle East and another 9/11 increasingly likely, for no one appears to have any interest in forging compromises or pursuing negotiations. In conclusion, terrorism has increased over the last thirty years because of bitterness in the Arab world about Western political, economic, and military dominance, Muslim disputes with Israel, and the emerging power of Muslim fundamentalists. This bitterness motivated nineteen Muslims to hijack American passenger jets and attack New York City and Washington D.C. on September 11, 2001. Incited by religious fanatics, trained and financed by Osama Bin Laden’s Al Qaeda terrorist network, they killed three-thousand innocent people on 9/11 and triggered an escalating cycle of violence which has taken the lives of tens of thousands of other innocent people, and has made another 9/11 virtually inevitable. Tragically, America will continue to be a target of Islamic terrorism because it bears a significant degree of responsibility for generating the political, economic, cultural, and religious causes of