JON MAHONEY

1. I have learned that the main terrorism threat to the US is from Iraq and Afghanistan. I have seen that we have blamed 9/11 on the Muslims and also the attack on the Pentagon. The Muslims and terrorists have majorly tried sending bombs to us through the mail and in car bombs. Some have been accomplished and others stopped. I've heard through the news that we have been arresting people that have had ties to Alcida and other terrorist plots.

2. There have been many things I've heard about the Middle East, some worse than others. Most people say the Muslims are dirty people and have no right to come to this country. Many things have been done to us that are because of the Terrorists and not many people like them. My opinion on the Middle East is that not all the people there are bad, just the ones who try and blow us up.

3. When I think of terrorism, I mainly think of 9/11 and people with turbans. I never really payed much attention to terrorism because of where we live and I never think they would plan to hit New Hampshire directly. The one thing that mainly comes to mind is people with big guns and are mainly, Muslim. The world around us mainly focuses terrorism on the Muslims and people from Iraq and Afghanistan, just because of our past with them. They have tried to come over here and blow up our buildings or kill our people, and I've never known why they hate us so much. People have said all we are doing is try to help and they pay us back by blowing up our buildings!

4. The Middle East and Terrorism have been said to go hand in hand. We have grown up to see the whole Middle East as terrorists to us and we should really be aware that they can nuke us at any time. Ever since 9/11, the Muslims have been on the United State's watch because when they took the Twin Towers down, that was a major tragedy. Many people were killed and that put a message in our heads saying "We aren't safe in this world.". The Middle East has mainly just grown in our minds to be dirty, horrible people and we should just be ready for what can happen. We have been in Iraq for quite a while and the population has been told we are trying to help them set up a new government. All we have been getting back is mail bombs and our troops killed. This mainly sends a message to the population that the Iraqi people are just horrible and they wont even let us help them. The overall view that I have for the Middle East and Terrorism is that all we get from the Middle East is war and people getting killed. Terrorism is just coming from the Middle East and we should get out of there now because all that we are doing is losing money and losing soldiers.