An airliner is hijacked by terrorists who threaten to blow up the plane and all its passengers if your nation does not release from custody certain convicted criminals. If it was your responsibility to decide how your nation would respond, what would your decision be? Why? (Are there any basic moral principles involved in the criteria for your decision?)
Consider the U.S.’s policy on terrorism by examining several of the documents at the “Terrorism: Threat Assessment, Countermeasures, and Policy” site. Once you feel you can articulate, in general, just what this country’s official policy regarding terrorism is, write your journal entry. Are there any points that you uncovered that do not agree with your own beliefs? You may want to do an Internet search on commentary about U.S. foreign policy. Consider pages like “U.S. Policies Contribute to Acts of Terrorism.”
