Explain if you think that global terrorism can be stopped.

Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:

• Textbook: Chapter 32
• Lesson
• Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook)

Initial Post Instructions
Consider a few terrorist activities since the 1980s until today. Here is a starting point:

• 1983: United States Embassy in Beirut and Kuwait is bombed
• 1988: Osama bin Laden re-organizes Al Qaeda in Pakistan to carry out attacks
• 1993: World Trade Center Bombing (first time)
• 1995: Oklahoma City Bombing
• 1998: United Stated Embassy bombings Nairobi and Sar Es Salaam
• 2001: 9/11 Bombing of the World Trade Centers
• 2001: Bio Terrorism begins (anthrax letters and Bill Gates’s warnings on bio terrorism)
• 2013: Boston Marathon Bombings
• 2018: Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting

Then, address three (3) of the following and craft a response, as a whole, for your selections:

• Explain if you think that global terrorism can be stopped.
• Analyze the responsibility of the United States today to be the world’s “policeman.”
• Assess if peace and stability in the Middle East are vital to U.S. economy and national security.