Losing the War on Terror: Who We Help Is Hurting
In the article, “Losing the War on Terror: Who We Help Is Hurting” written by the author Jett discusses mainly concerning the attack that the United States receives from the other nations. Since the occurrence of the attack against the United States on 11 September the years 2001, the United States has established various measures to reduce future terrorist attacks . One of the key mechanisms that are used by the United States of America in combating future terrorist attacks in the American soil is to improve the level of security in various nations . In reading the article, the reader gains knowledge concerning the way the United States of America spends almost all its resources and income earning in offering security assistance to a number of nations especially in the Middle East.
However, in reading further the article, it is evident that most of the income earned by the United States of America is used for the key purpose of assisting other nations. The idea of reinforcing the security measures of the other nations is one of the key privileges that United States is offering to the underdeveloped nations. Offering help to the other nations in the name of preventing the future terrorist attacks does not work for the United States . Since most of the nations still have no organized government and other aspects such as level of illiteracy are still high, then the terrorist’s attacks will still be on the increase.
According to the information extracted from the article, the United States of America under the ruling of the former president George Bush decides to embark on boosting the security measure of the less developed nations. According to the research conducted by the Robert gates that was secretary of defense in the occurrence of the bomb, the United States had enact the system to protect it from future attacks. In accordance to the report established by Gates, strengthening the security measure of the United States is not an evident solution to the problems facing the nation. The nation ought to realize the aspect that the nations that are fighting and attacking the American are because of the poor military power support. Most of the nations, especially the Middle East, have access to numerous explosives and because of lack of proper management to such weapons; the weapons are used for terrorism attacks.
Although Jett, suggest that the government of the United States is struggling to ensure that the levels of terrorist attacks are reduced in the nation, without a clear layout strategy, then the entire process will be almost impossible to attain. The Bush government decided that the United States uses all the means possible to cut down the attacks imposed towards Americans . The term global war on terror was launched to ensure that the nations that posses the nuclear weapons never misuse the weapons. Jett argues that it would be almost impossible for the United States of America to fight violence using the available capital .
In the article, Jett identifies that the United States of America utilizes almost one thousand eight hundred dollars are offered by the united states to other nations to train the solders. The amount of capital that is spent by the United States of America in the process of training soldiers in other nations is expensive. Instead of the government using such large sums of income to train other soldiers in other nations, the United States ought to concentrate on the welfare of the people . Most of the American citizens are incapable of affording to purchase their own foods and sustain the high inflation in the nation. However, the government does not offer the same concentration to its people like the effort it uses to teach other foreigners fighting techniques.
In reading and analyzing the article, “Losing the War on Terror: Who We Help Is Hurting” it is evident that the key theme of the author Jett is to focus on the way the American government is misusing the available income to reduce the impact of future terrorist attacks. However, Jett implies that the mechanism used in fighting the terrorist attacks is not a fair and accountable method of the American government spending its resources. In accordance to Jett, the antiterrorism assistance program (ATA) does not have a proper accounting system for the distribution of the available capital to each of the nations the United States is offering security aid . Instead, the government of the United States only focuses on the total amount that the United States gives out for the key purpose of aiding the improvement of the security measures.
In the previous years, the government of both President George Bush and Obama has focused on the final figure that reveals the amount of capital that the United States of America offers to the twenty-two nation. However, in accordance to the fact obtained concerning the nations, out of the twenty-two, twelve of the nations are not free from political injustice. Nine of the nations are considered partly free since the civil liberties and political rights vary with time. In the entire nations that the United States offer help to in terms of enhancing the security levels, only India emergence to be the Free State .
This research conducted by the bureau of diplomatic security indicates that the funds that are used in enhancing the security levels in the twenty-two nations is not accounted to the last penny. For this reason, Jett offers a solution to the government of the United States in the article. In a précised manner, Jett illustrates that the United States ought to concentrate on reinforcing other aspects in the nations. Before a nation becomes stable in terms with security, the nation has to have a stable government. This implies that the United States needs to focus on ensuring that the nations receiving security funds have better government policies to maintain a stable military fighting force .
The study conducted in the article, “Losing the War on Terror: Who We Help Is Hurting” is unique from the other study since it basically concerns the way the united states spends it revenue on empowering the security levels in the other nations. The study exposes the way the US government uses the readily available funds obtained from the people in accomplishing other unsatisfactory activity. However, Jett is not offended by the way the government utilizes its revenue but rather eager to inform the people the way the government extravagantly uses the revenue of the Americans . The study is also unique on the account that the article informs the people that although the government of the United States utilizes the available income on strengthening the security of other nations, it does not give a proper account of the way the money is consumed.
In the entire articles, the information discussed is retrieved from various sources that are creditable and offer genuine information regarding the subject of study. One of the major sources of the information in the entire article is the New York Times. New York Times is one of the journal information that offers up to date information . The level of accuracy of the information in the New York time magazine is a clear evidence of the genuine of the information. Another source of information in the article is the foreign affairs secretary Robert gates. The information retrieved from such an individual will definitely be accurate and correct. Various methods are vital in the collection process of the information found in the article. One major source is through interview where the Robert Gate is asked for information concerning the way the United States spends its revenue. An additional method of obtaining the data in the article is the use of secondary sources such as the information from the Antiterrorism Assistance Program and the office of the inspector general .
The conclusion made in the article by the author Jett is obtained from the evidence provided from the information extraverted from the various sources. The conclusion of the article chiefly focuses on the aspect that the US government has to ensure that the nations receiving security-improving income contain stable government. The overspending of the available revenue on the aspect of reducing the terrorist attacks in the United States is not an appropriate method . Since most of the nations lack a proper government policy enacting body, it becomes useless for the increased income given. I am persuaded by the conclusion offered by the authors since it is supported by evidence from genuine sources such as the New York Times magazine.
To some extent, Jett the author of the journal discussed the impact of the US government offering the high revenue to the other members of the less developed nations. One of the implications is that the level of terrorism attacks in the United States of America will not reduce but rather increase . Since the trained foreign soldiers lack a central government, they would still use the acquired skill to fight back the United States. One implication is that the government of the United States is spending poorly the available capital since there is no evident accountable routine of the funds offered to the other nations for the claims of improving the security levels of the nation in subject.
One of the strengths of the study is that it reveals the weakness in the way the government utilizes the available funds by misusing in enforcing the security levels in other nations. For this reason, the government will realize the mistakes committed hence work on improving the mistakes that were ignored previously. The weakness of the study is that the evidence offered by Jett is not enough to conclude that the United States is wasting the available funds in the project of empowering the military and security level of the other less developed nations.
Bibliography
Jett, Dennis. Losing the War on Terror: Who We Help Is Hurting. Middle East Policy, Vol. XIX, No. 3, Fall 2012
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