CONOR DEMMONS

1. What I have learned about the middle east is that they produce lots of oil and also they have a on going war. The middle east is the number 1 oil producer in the world. Almost all of America's oil products come from the middle east. The middle east also is invovled in a war over religion that has been going on for centuries. Terrorism is also a big problem in the middle east. Terrorism affects everyone in the middle east, women and children, no body is save in the taliban run parts of the middle east.
2.What I heard about the middle east is that it is a dangerous place full of muslum extremists and Taliban members. I have also heard of the taliban members hiding in schools full of children so they wouldn't get caught by the US army. I have also heard that there are atleast 10 suicide bombers a month. Another thing that I have heard about is that some taliban members have strapped bombs to innocent people and children and detonated them when they walked into a group of people.
3. Terrorism ,to what I understand, is when someone or a group of people attacks someone or kills someone just to instill fear in other people. For example, 9/11 was a terrorist attack because the men behind the attack were trying to instill fear into the government of America and into its people. Since that attack people have become more sensitive to going on planes. The security on planes is higher then secruity then the security at the White House ,practically. The secruity on planes is so high, that if you are even to say the word "bomb" they will cancel the flight and you will be questioned by the FBI and CIA. Its so sensesitive that a baby once said "Bye, bye airplane!" and the flight was canceled and the mother of the baby was questioned. So that just proves the point about how much fear is instilled into Americans.
4. What the middle east and terrorism have to do with each other is that the middle east is the terrorist capital of the world. Also, they both have a big part of America, a big amount of America's money goes to the middle east for oil expenses and weapons for the American troops stationed in Afganastan. The middle east also has to do with terrorism because of the on going war in the middle east over religion. In the middle east I have seen on the news if you even make fun of "mohammed" you can be sentenced to death. So as you probly can tell they don't take lightly to people who believen other things. That is why there are so many wars over there, its all over who believens with right and niether of them think they are wrong.