"9/11"

1. Did Susan Sontag seem less patriotic after this article?

2. Why did Sontag say she would rather have been in New York on September 11th?

3.What actually is terrorism and will it ever be finished or pleased?


2. I will be touching on question 3

What is a terrorist and what is terrorism? In the dictionary a terrorist is defined as a person, usually a member of a group, who uses or advocates terrorism. And terrorism is the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, especially for political purposes. Those definitions describe dedication is ones cause. People who fight for what they believe in for political purposes. I in no way condone what is being done by organizations like Al' Qaeda or anyone else like them but using that definition, wouldn't the United States also be considered to be terrorist? We fight for political purposes and that's exactly what terrorism means. Each side has their own story but the way the "terrorist" we are describing now are fighting is unjust. They are using the issues in the Middle-East to have a cause. I agree with Sontag that terrorism really has no end. They use the ideas of oppression to justify their cause. But as she said, even if all the wars, fighting, and bloodshed ceased, the terrorist wouldn't.
They feel like heroes. They would feel like their actions accomplished something and that doing it again would help the next cause. That would lead to only to more tiny worthless causes just to get another win. And wiping them out isn't that easy either. Since they are mixed in with the civilian population, taking them out would cause innocent casualties and in turn, the families of the innocent people that died would have a cause. Just like the hydra in Greek mythology, for every head to cut, two more grow in its place. It seems like an ever lasting cycle. Hopefully somewhere in the future someone figures out the answer to stop terrorism before it becomes too unmanageable.