Saturday, September 17th, there were 3 different US attacks. There was a bombing in New York, later that day there were pipe bombs throughout a town in New Jersey, and then that night in Minnesota there was a stabbing spree. In New York, there was one bomb that went off which injured 29 people, but in addition there was a pressure cooker wired up to blow up left on the street a few blocks away. In the New Jersey bombing, the pipe bomb was placed in a trash can with a cell phone timer, most likely attempting to disrupt the Marine Corps charity run. There were hints in the Minnesota attack, with ISIS. The attacker was possibly a "soldier of the Islamic State," though there was no immediate evidence he'd had contact with the terror group. But all three events are being investigated as possible terrorist attacks. No organization has accepted responsibility yet. Since the events are still very recent, there is more information to be found.
What should the US do about consant and more frequent attacks on the homefront?
What are some suggestions to help prevent future attacks? Such as what can the government do?
How do you predict the presidential candidates will react/comment on these attacks?
Source : http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/19/us/new-york-new-jersey-minnesota-attacks/index.html
To prevent future attacks, the US must be more cautious with anyone who has an Islamic background. Even though many will believe this is wrong and disagree with this method, it will help to limit Islamic terrorist attacks upon the US.
ReplyDeleteTo prevent future attacks, I think the US should make things more secure. There should not be so many attacks and innocent people should not be dying. I think the presidential candidates will try and find solutions to prevent all of these attacks that are going on.
ReplyDeleteWe need to fight the homeland attacks from Islam inspired terrorism by incorporating racial profiling and judgement based on what people look like. Sike that would be e-bullying per se(tm). We need to accept Islam into our country and be tolerant of what they believe in. Not all Muslims are terroist and we can't allow the minority to dictate what we do because that is a macro aggression racist way of doing things--ignorant. Even if our country goes boom boom and people die it has nothing to do with Islam as a religion. Remember the Japanese internment communism!
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ReplyDeleteI think that the new presidential candidates should brainstorm logical plans that can prevent these attacks. I agree with Matt that we need to accept Islamic people into our country and not stereo type.
ReplyDeleteTo prevent future attacks, detailed background checks on people with Islamic backgrounds as well as daily surveillance. I think these might make some Candidates (Trump) react more harsh towards Muslims.
ReplyDeleteThere really is no way the US can monitor or predict all attacks, but we can increase surveillance and monitoring of everyone though it might anger some people who feel their privacy is being violated. I feel the presidential candidates will express their condolences and outrage at these incidents to show their support of the people.
ReplyDeleteI think that it is hard to propose a solution in order to stop this issue altogether. That being said I believe the presidential candidates will most likely not attempt to make a bug change but instead express support for those affected.
ReplyDeleteI think that there is always going to be the threat of terrorism and the only way we can combat against that is to tighten up security, and we need to make those dangerous items harder to get. Also, we need to be informed as a country. If we know the threats and know how to spot them then we can keep our home-front safer.
ReplyDeleteI think that there is always going to be the threat of terrorism and the only way we can combat against that is to tighten up security, and we need to make those dangerous items harder to get. Also, we need to be informed as a country. If we know the threats and know how to spot them then we can keep our home-front safer.
ReplyDeleteSome may say we should increase surveillance after these attack, but in what ways? In places in such well populated ares like New York, New Jersey, or a mall in Minnesota it is near impossible to differentiate who is going to inflict violence and who is not. Not only is it hard to differentiate, surveillance in these places are in every nook and cranny of the places. Every person is on camera in almost every place they take a step. We should have a heightened sensed of security that should include more officers on the allies along with other safety precautions
ReplyDeleteI believe the US should keep an eye on people who are suspect of being terrorists and boost security. People who are Islamic should be kept an eye on because all attacks that have happened are due to the Islamic State and other Muslim terrorist groups.
ReplyDeleteI believe the US should keep an eye on people who are suspect of being terrorists and boost security. People who are Islamic should be kept an eye on because all attacks that have happened are due to the Islamic State and other Muslim terrorist groups.
ReplyDeleteI think presidential candidates speak about the importance of stopping these attacks, but they never given logical ways to do so. I also think there should be more vigilance on the streets. I also don't think Muslims are the problem, more so those terrorists who say they are Muslim but do not practice the religion or have the wrong idea of the religion and say they do these attacks in the name of their religion are the problem
ReplyDeleteI think that the US should try to do more background checks on people before letting them come in the US. The presidential candidates will show their fury to support the people in US.
ReplyDeleteIn my option I think that we need to how stronger protection from these attacks amp up security and be more harsh or laws of immigration. I am neutral on the current political party's so no comment. But as for preventing further attacks its hard to say there are many ways to attack nothing is fool proof.
ReplyDeleteLike Matthew said about the Japanese internment camp, I think it is wrong to target Islamic people. The attacks are largely mysterious and there is not much we can do about them
ReplyDeletethe US once again can try and increase security all around the US. The Government can try to go into phone, text, emails of the citizens and try to fish out any communication that is suspicious. Honestly the candidates will come up with ideas to convince people, and end up never using those ideas.
ReplyDeletethe US once again can try and increase security all around the US. The Government can try to go into phone, text, emails of the citizens and try to fish out any communication that is suspicious. Honestly the candidates will come up with ideas to convince people, and end up never using those ideas.
ReplyDeleteI think the US needs to add more security in high target areas but even that won't completely stop it. It will be hard to stop these attacks in a way that is legal. I think the presidential candidates will say something to inspire Americans to vote for them.
ReplyDeleteThere honestly isn't much the U.S. or the government can do to prevent these types of events from happening because there is no way for us to find out beforehand. In an ideal world, there would be no violent attacks like these and everyone would feel protected. But, that is no where near the reality we face today. The police can try to increase security or the government can send SWAT troops, but all we can really do is hope events like these won't keep happening.
ReplyDeleteOne thing being discussed is that the US needs to have more security around important monuments and government buildings. Lots of these terrorist attacks happen away from any government buildings and are just to hurt anyone who is around. Another thing is that what extent can the government go to, to protect the American public? People have the right to privacy and with a warrant or probable cause the government is not allowed to go through someones call history or txt msg.
ReplyDeleteThe U.S should increase the amount of security. There has been more tragedies that are going around the U.S. However, how far can the government go? Are they going to protect the people of the United States? People should be able to know what is going on and have some type of protection
ReplyDeleteI dont think there is much the US can do about the consant and more frequent attacks on the homefront. Some suggestions to help prevent future attacks is maybe listen in on the conversations from the Middle East and read the messages because theyre obviously getting in contact with people in the US someway some how. I think Trump would make things worse due to him not having a filter and ISIS would come back 10 times harder and I think Hillary would be very much like Obama and try to keep the US safe and be carefull of what she says.
ReplyDeleteI believe there isn't much to do about constant attacks on the homefront. We ourselves should be cautious when it comes to these attacks and be safe and aware of what is going on. The US should increase the amount of security so we can feel and be more safe. The presidential candidates will always react on saying how their going to stop it when no president really has stopped it.
ReplyDeleteWhen it comes to protecting America, there are a whole list of factors and reasons we can tap into when deciding how to better help ourselves. The department of homeland security can cite extensive travel, non-federal gun markets, a lack of online monitoring in the face of backlash to privacy violations and an overall difficulty of tracking dangerous criminals or would be bombers or mass murderers. It's a lot more complicated than simply saying "let's put in more security" because that entails thousands of items. It takes a nationwide effort and a cultural shift to allow for more control over certain people or such to see noticeable differences.
ReplyDeleteThere is not much that the US can do to stop the attacks from happening. I think that everyone should be cautious and aware of wherever they are especially in crowds of people where attacks could happen. The government could try to increase security where there is more people like in crowds, or events like marathons. Monitoring these locations and events could help so that things that seem out of place or dangerous are noticed and actions are taken to make sure that everyone is safe.I think that the candidates are going to react by saying how they will somehow try to stop these attacks.
ReplyDeleteThere truly is nothing that the US can do to actually stop these attacks. You can have as much security you want, but there will always be a possibility. Overall, people just need to be more aware about there surroundings, but even that will not completely help. The world really isn't as safe as much as we would like.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Hayden, that as a country we should tighten up security and make it harder for people to get ahold of dangerous items. I think that the presidential candidates will both have something to say on these events, Trump will probably be very critical about what happened and how the government investigated the attacks. Clinton will probably try to shed light about how we can prevent these attacks. I think that both candidates need to discuss how they are going to protect their country as much as possible from terrorist attacks because many americans feel worried that something major is going to happen.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the above people who stated that the United States needs to put more restrictions on who can have access to and be sold dangerous weapons. This in theory would be great, but in real life this would be very hard to accomplish. Like Tomislav said, it is not as simple as just “tightening security” because that includes many factors and is virtually impossible to do this and make everyone happy at the same time. Otherwise, I don’t think that there is much that the U.S. government can really do to protect America 24/7.
ReplyDeleteIt is hard to monitor the history of weapons once it walks out the door of a weapon shop. Thorough background checks are ideal, but what can we do to prevent these violences once the weapons are in possession by the owner? It is ambiguous. Tighter security will make it harder and longer to access weapons which could be ideal, but by making it tougher to obtain weapons, this could potentially anger more people, leading to more violence and protests. As for the candidates, it is clear that Trump will criticize the government and their lack of effort in order to secure security for citizens while as Clinton will use this as an example of why America needs tighter control .
ReplyDeleteThere isn't any clear answer to this question. I believe that issues like these touch upon the question of "what more important? freedom or security?" One of the issues as well is that criminals are going to illegal things and will obtain dangerous items no matter what the law is. So there doesn't really seem to be any clear way out. I think they will be insensitive as they have been before and try to use these attacks as way to further promote their campaign.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Hayden, that as a country we should tighten up security and make it harder for people to get ahold of dangerous items. I think that the presidential candidates will both have something to say on these events, Trump will probably be very critical about what happened and how the government investigated the attacks.
ReplyDeletePeople say that we need a higher amount of surveillance in highly populated areas, but highly populated places like new york already have tons of security cameras, but they seem to only become useful after the attacks have taken place. To prevent attacks from happening in the first place, i think it's very necessary to have more security guards and more police officers in the streets.
ReplyDeleteTo prevent future attacks, the government would need to be more secure and cautious. Monitoring certain areas for big events would help a lot.
ReplyDeleteThe best way to stop people such as the stabbing, is to increase both the amount of armed civilians, and increase funding and the size of police forces, so that they can respond to attacks much faster. The average police response time is 10 minuets, and while that is fast, a lot can happen in ten minuets. The fastest way to stop a killer is to have an armed civilian who is already there.
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ReplyDeleteThe most important thing the US should do is to take good care of the victims and their family. Then they should investigate if the suspect has any ties with other attacks or terrorist groups to prevent further attacks. I think that all candidates are going to think of plans to stop terrorist attacks in the future.
ReplyDeleteI think what the government should do is be very cautious in a specific area and protect the people and keep them safe and should investigate those who do all the bad damage.
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