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Future of Homeland Security Over the last several years, our nation has been involved in a war on terrorism that is focused on defeating those groups that want to destroy America and its way of life. There have been both positive developments and negative setbacks during this continuing battle. As far as positive developments are concerned, our forces have been able to disrupt potential attacks involving chemical and biological weapons.

One case in particular, involved a plot of Al Qaeda-based extremists that were focused on delivering this type of weapon system in the area surrounding the 2018 Super Bowl in Miami. The focus of the attack was to spread an aerosol version of bubonic plague into the air with the hope that the strong sea breezes will infect anyone attending these events. Part of the reason why we were so successful in preventing this attack, is because of the extensions provided by the U.S.A. Patriot Act.

For over 20 years, this has given law enforcement and first responders the tools they need to effectively go after those individuals that are directly targeting these kinds of events inside the United States. (Lewis) (Montgomery) (Zariff) A second area of success has been in the ability to disrupt the activities of hostile regimes that can pass chemical and biological weapons or nuclear related materials onto terrorist groups. As you well know, this is a continuing challenge that the world community has been dealing with.

In the case of Iran, its Islamic government has become more hostile towards the West and continually ignored international directives. After a series of precision military strikes in 2013, the program was set back by at least ten years. This prevented Iran for being able to develop an effective nuclear weapon and delivery system. These successes have helped to make the American people safer in the face of extremist elements that are trying to destroy our way of life and everything we stand for.

(Lewis) (Montgomery) (Zariff) However, in spite of these accomplishments, there are number of major threats that will have an impact on Homeland Security going forward. The biggest challenge we are continuing to deal with is the issue of nuclear proliferation. This is because there has not been any kind of consorted commitment to deal with these challenges. Instead, a handful of nations are directly blocking any kind of efforts to punish hostile regimes. (Lewis) (Montgomery) (Zariff) The best example of this can be seen with North Korea and Iran.

In these situations, China has been playing two different roles. On the international level, it is trying to show that it is a constructive member of world community with its support of select UN resolutions. While the second role, is when China will directly sell to rogue states the military equipment and technology to develop advanced weapon systems. In some cases, this could take place by providing these countries with spare parts and the expertise to develop ballistic missiles.

At other times, they have been helping nations such as: Iran to reconstitute its nuclear weapons program. Since the end of the military strike and conflict that occurred in 2013, Iran has been able to overcome the tremendous military and economic setbacks with the help of Chinese assistance. This is making it difficult for the world community to work together on issues such as nuclear proliferation. (Lewis) (Montgomery) (Zariff) The main reason is because China has built several pipelines going from Iran into their country.

This is providing them with the resources (i.e. oil and natural gas), which are helping to fuel continuing economic growth and the development of Chinese markets. At the same time, the increased amounts of military spending have meant that China has become increasingly hostile towards any kind of efforts to deal with these issues. (Lewis) (Montgomery) (Zariff) As a result, other nations throughout the Middle East and Asia have begun their own nuclear weapons programs in response to these threats.

In the coming decade, we need to redefine the war on terror away from: simply preventing terrorist attacks themselves to aggressively going after those nations that support these activities. This means directly confronting countries that provide assistance to hostile regimes. Recently, intelligence reports have begun to surface about how the Taliban has been working with the Chinese to develop similar kinds of electricity and power projects. Moreover, there have been accurate accounts from intelligence sources on the ground, that Pakistan and China are helping them start their own WMD program.

If this is taking place, any kind of efforts to deal with terrorism will be negated by China and Pakistan playing both sides of the conflict against each for their own benefit. (Lewis) (Montgomery) (Zariff) In the future, the Department of Homeland Security will begin focusing its assets on preventing terrorist attacks from occurring inside the United States. At the same time, there will be greater amounts of reporting and disclosure about what activities are taking place with nuclear related materials.

This will severe as a blue print that could be implemented on the international level to track and monitor the.