root causes of resentment in view of sep 11th attacks

Essay from the year 2001 in the subject Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict, Security, Aichi National University , language: English, abstract: The September 11th attack on the United States, which left a huge political, economic and security losses is certainly horrible. But it is not the worst in human history. This is by no way means to underestimate the terrorist attacks; absolutely not: killing innocent or secure people cannot be justified under any circumstances. But this is to direct our attention to other calamities taking place in our globe. There were many other tragedies left by terrorist activities in many places in this world as we have seen in Vietnam, Rwanda, Bosnia, Palestine, Iraq and Afghanistan. Tens of thousands of civilians and innocent people have been killed and many others have been frightened in the name of "e;freedom and democracy."e; However, it is true that this attack is the biggest in US history as a sole hegemon controlling global system. Although human and material losses are not bearable for a country like the US, the harder shock for many Americans and many others in the world as well is the insult of the prestige and veneration of the 'greatest' superpower in contemporary politics. It is expected that any government have to respond to such a threat. But what kind of response is a real question. With the metaphysic acceleration of events, conservatives started to talk only about military solutions and wars, even before conducting any real investigation. They ignored that the killing of more civilians and innocent people will not solve the problem; rather it will lead to serious and profound transformations in world politics. This assumption is not because of the attack itself; but it is due to the potentials behind it and the call for a new strategic alliance against terrorism. Whatever the US officials try to explain, it comes to the mind of millions of people that the US is indeed hiding its own agenda to reinforce its dominance of the global system. So military action is not the solution; it is in fact worsening the problem.