In spite of being unable to stop all terrorist acts from happening, the fight against terrorism has surely contributed to diminishing it.
After the 9/11 attack in the U.S., terrorism has been taken to a whole new level, as, the whole world has been traumatized. Most people regard terrorism as one of the greatest problems that humanity has to face in the present. However, as it has been proved, terrorism, when compared to other threats that the world has to face, causes very little damage. Furthermore, the chances of one becoming involved in a terrorist act are more than insignificant. As years passed, consequent to the events from 2001, the fear of an impending terrorist act did not pass, and Americans feel just as scared as they were right after the events. The chances that one has to become the victim of a terrorist attack are about the same with those of the same person to become the victim of an impact between earth and an asteroid. Despite that, people show no fear of dying from such an event. (Mueller, John 2007)
Terrorism has gain most of its fame also because of the media and of politicians promoting the fear of it among the public. Terrorism is exaggerated in the media, and, thus, people tend to be stressed from the fear that they might be the next victims.
The fact that they are scared of a potential terrorist attack did not seem to influence people in taking measures to prepare for such a tragedy. (Mueller 2007)
The consequences that terrorism has on a worldwide level are limited, with more money being spent on the fight against terrorism than on repairing the damages that have been made as a result of terrorist acts. Even if it seems to have little efficiency, the money spent in the fight against terrorism are justified, as no price is too big when considering the fact that it is being spent in order to preserve human life.
The only case in which terrorists would actually pose a threat for people worldwide would be one in which a terrorist group...
However, the probability would be very little for such a thing to happen, and, moreover, they would also need the knowledge and the launch site for a potential atomic bomb.
The main effect that terrorist attacks have on a country in which they have taken place is the fear which overcomes the masses. Fear is strong enough to influence most domains from economy to politics, with people being inclined to act according to their emotions than according to what might seem logical.
One of the most notorious terrorist attacks, the 9/11 one, can be analyzed in order to see the consequences that it had on the U.S. After the attack, people have refrained from traveling by plane, and, as a result, the number of car accidents had increased. Also, the fact that tourists from around the world had begun to avoid taking vacations in the U.S. had harmed the country's economy.
All in all, terrorism is and will always be a threat for the well-being of mankind, as there will always be fanatics ready to claim the lives of the innocent. In spite of the fact that it brought advantages to terrorists, globalization had also been a major fighter of terrorism. Anti-terrorist beliefs now travel faster around the world and terrorists begin to see that the acts of terrorism are inefficient.
Works cited:
1. Crenshaw, Martha. (1981). The Causes of Terrorism. Comparative Politics, Vol. 13, No. 4 (Jul., 1981), pp. 379-399.
2. Mueller, John. (2007). REACTING TO TERRORISM: PROBABILITIES, CONSEQUENCES, AND THE PERSISTENCE OF FEAR. Retrieved April 29, 2009, from The Ohio State University Web site: http://polisci.osu.edu/faculty/jmueller/ISA2007T.PDF
3. Victoroff, Jeff. (2005). The Mind of the Terrorist: A Review and Critique of Psychological Approaches. The Journal of Conflict Resolution. Vol. 49, No. 1 (Feb., 2005), pp. 3-42.
4. Whittaker David J. Terrorists and Terrorism in the Contemporary World. Routledge, 2004.
