The fight against terrorism

”Fighting terrorism is like being a goalkeeper. You can make a hundred brilliant saves but the only shot that people remember is the one that gets past you .”
Now I like this statement because I think it describes terrorism short and accurate. In this essay I would like to talk about some different definitions of terrorism. And also give some examples of terrorism.
Terrorism is an act performed with the intension of creating fear or sorrow. Terrorism is mostly intercontinental. Terrorism is mostly described as “Tactic and strategy” By the land it happened to or “A crime and a holy duty” By the terrorists themselves. Obviously it depends on who is looking at it, the terrorists themselves probably think of it as a holy act and most of them believe they will go to heaven and get 72 virgins. From the perspective of the terrorized country, however their thoughts will obviously be different. There is really no way to prepare for a terrorist attack, because it can happen at all times. Just like the attack on WTC on 11/09/2001. I do not think anyone was prepared for that. Most terrorist organizations are small, and they are most likely to just do the terror and never warn the victims.
The United States Department of Defense defines terrorism as “the calculated use of unlawful violence or threat of unlawful violence to inculcate fear; intended to coerce or to intimidate governments or societies in the pursuit of goals that are generally political, religious, ideological .” Within this definition of terrorism are three key elements, Violence, fear and intimidation. Through the years USA and other countries made many speeches about the subject terrorism. In 1992, The United States Of America had a speech about terrorism. In this speech the United states of America explained what they thought about terrorism, they believed that terrorism was “An anxiety-inspiring method of repeated violent action, employed by (semi-) clandestine individual, group or state actors, for idiosyncratic, criminal or political reasons, whereby - in contrast to assassination - the direct targets of violence are not the main targets ." These two definitions of the subject terror can be argued both for and against. They write that terror is mostly done to cause fear, but I don’t think that is the case every time. I think they might do it to partly to cause fear, but also to send a message to other nations and groups that they are there too, and they can do great things too. I will agree with some of the things they say, for example the part about the things terrorists mainly aim after. Most targets, as they say, are either religious or have something to do with the state or government. Take for example the last plane from 9/11 that crashed into a field in Pennsylvania, some say that its intended target was “Capitol Hill” which is another great American monument And a very important place, because both congress, the White House, and the Supreme Court are there. . could be something similar to what happened to the former president John F. Kennedy. JFK was murdered while driving around in an open car in Dallas. His assassination has later become pretty famous. There are a lot of terror it can be physical as well as psychological terror example physical violence could be something like 9/11 where terrorist actually destroy something, but psychological terror is like sending treats against another country.
In conclusion, terrorism is some sort of act that will either make someone else fear you or cause them great sorrow. There are lots of different kinds of terrorism, more than I could write in here.