Defense Against Terrorism: For Better or Worse?

“Terrorism, by definition, strikes at the innocent in order to draw attention to the sins of the invulnerable” (Johnson). The reason that this is such a hot topic has much to do with the events that led up to the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. This seemingly unprovoked attack was not meant simply to kill innocent Americans, but was an all-out assault on American foreign policy. “Employing the strategy of the weak, they killed innocent bystanders, who then became enemies only because they had already become victims”(Johnson). American military intervention causes a lot of conflict between political parties, since the Republicans and the Democrats cannot agree on what America’s involvement should be in world affairs. Although there is not much that both sides agree upon, there is one thing that unites them, and that is the need to formulate a plan to protect American citizens from the “Threat of Terrorism.”
President Bush’...