National Security

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National security plays a major role in ensuring safety to all American citizens on various aspects of life. People rely much on the national security s a way of survival in terms of the states. This happens through exercise of economic power, power projections, political powers, as well as diplomacy. Many cases of security threats across the US made everything about the US security go through a system of adjustments that involves a thorough search incase of entry into key structures in the US cities. This also is highly initiated in airports where searching for security threatening items such as bombs or similar aspects are taking a new direction. The major concern is whether all the restructuring in the security systems has had anything of substance in the recent past especially after the September 11 attack.

Concerns are increasing whenever it comes to the national security of the United States. Osama bin Laden could have been termed as the key driver to Al Qaeda but even after the pronunciation of his death, the growth of the terrorist groups is still widening or evolving. The Al Qaeda is said to be growing widely and spreading throughout the world. The brother or sister group to Al Qaeda, as one would term it, includes the Taliban (SCHMITT, 2012). The Taliban group is still growing though had its roots dealt with in Afghanistan. An increasing case of hijacking of various commercial vessels especially in the Horn of Africa continues to widen and pose concern to the associated countries especially the United States. The US is the leading nation in terms of almost all spheres of human development including economy, social status, political power, and technological advancements. The country stands on top of the world in terms of security investments and related projects but while this happens to be, certain to all world communities, many terrorist groups want to try its security strengths as evident in the September 11 attack.

The attack is seen to have initiated many changes in the American security systems. The widespread changes influenced many sectors and policies in both politics and the US foreign sector. It was after the same attack that support on the Afghanistan War was advocated as a way of demolishing the Taliban group. This issue has certainly changed among the Americans with an increasing percentage of up to 60 percent opposing the war. Various departments also came up including the department of Home security. This department was created to respond to the effects the September 11 attack (Stove, 2003 ). It came in as a precautionary department against terrorist attacks to the US territory but also took response to the US natural disasters as part its obligations.

Much was done after the attacks in the US national security a factor that acted as a precautionary advantage to the US National Security Department and the citizens of the United States. The major issue concerning security in the country is the fear and tensions implanted in the Americans. Creating suspicion came in as social damage of the September 11 attacks. Activities by foreigners and more specifically to those individuals physically resembling Arabs by any attribute are today creating fear and suspicion (Gardner, 2008). There are many unusual responses by people concerning certain behaviors and these calls for every person to watch those around them and report any armful or suspicious behaviors to the national security agencies (Gardner, 2008). Much tension and fear among Americans followed the September 11 attacks but the good thing is all that is that intense security has been established in all areas prone to terrorism. Every American happen to be keen on what security threats could imply to his or her life and therefore people always act in support of the US National security.

References

Gardner, D. (2008). The Science of Fear: Why We Fear the Things We Shouldn’t—and Put Ourselves in Greater Danger. Dutton : Dutton Adult. ISBN 0-525-95062-1.

SCHMITT, T. S. (2012, September 8). How Resilient Is Post-9/11 America? Retrieved February 5, 2013, from The Sunday Review : HYPERLINK “http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/09/sunday-” http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/09/sunday-review/how-resilient-is-post-9-11-america.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Stove, R. J. (2003 ). The Unsleeping Eye: A Brief History of Secret Police and Their Victims. San Francisco, : Encounter Books, ISBN 1-893554-66-X.