Johnny Ali

what has america done to prevent terrorism

We have the Patriot Act, increased airport security, phone taps, racial profiling, insulting images of Arabs in our media, and the War on Terror.

But one has to wonder about how effective it all is. Doesn’t violence in the Middle East simply create more terrorists who are resentful and angry at American occupation? I don’t think terrorism can be defeated through force, considering new terrorists are created every day when they see an innocent family member killed accidentally by a US mortar shell. This is just an example, but it seems like America has done more to cause terrorism than to prevent it. Maybe in America itself there is less, but overall I think more terrorists have risen up because of the Iraq War.