Justin's+Middle+East+Project

In the Middle East Terrorism is a big problem and it all started after the Second World War. With the old imperial Europe weakened countries all over had the chance to become independent from colonia rule. This control of resources and access to oil became paramount, to the extent that dictators and human rights abusers were supported. Within this backdrop, we see another complex reason for the rise of terrorism and extremism. Struggle for freedom and The Cold War cause geopolitical impact on the Middle East. The Middle East is affected in many ways because of terrorism. One reason is that many people think that because of the terrorists in the middle east everyone that lives in the middle east are terrorists. That is not true at all. Many people in the middle east are people who go to school,work jobs, and raise families but because of terrorism many people do not know that. So basically terrorism gives a stereotype to all people from the middle east saying that they are terrorists which is not true at all. Also because of terrorism many soldiers and innocent people from all over die for what the terrorists want. The U.S Military for years have been trying to stop terrorism in it's tracks. After the recent murder of Osama Bin Laden and several other terrorist leaders things look a bit better. The problem of terrorism is at it's greatest in Afghanistan and it's border with Pakistan. But even with Osama Bin Laden's death terrorism is the Middle East is not over. To me we should not have been in the Middle East in the first place and I think we should withdraw. O fcourse you can't just pull out of a country that you've been and been so involved in for this long.