Questions 1-5 for Ad. World Studies

1. Some questions I have about the reading is why is Thomas so determined to figure out why? This could be answered maybe by her if you asked, or maybe in a different reading or interview, she explains why she wants to know why.

2. President Obama's answer is that al Qaeda wants nothing but misery and death. Also, that the United States wants justice and progress. We also need to let Muslims around the world, know that al Qaeda only seeks misery and death. Brennan's answer was that al Qaeda attracts people and use them to attack others. Al Qaeda uses an organization that involves the banner of religion, they use it in a corrupt way. Also, that al Qaeda likes to carry out attacks, and they're determined when do so.

3. Thomas was not satisfied with Brennan's answer because he didn't really explain why. He also didn't give a good enough reason why. I think she would have been satisfied with the President's answer because he gave more details to why. He also was more descriptive then Brennan was.

4. Glenn thinks it's important to consider terrorist motivations because he believes that you don't have to justify in order to explain why. He also claims that when someone can't give a reason to why, then they're more in likely afraid of it being heard. I agree that if someone has reasons but can't explain why, then they are afraid to tell why. I also agree that if you are explaining why, you're not justifying it. You're simply explaining yourself but with reasons.

5. I would answer Thomas' question by giving her more detail in the question. That they are using religion because they don't like that religion so they use it against us. Hasan and Abdulmutallab commit these awful attacks because they want to show their religion, they want to show who they are and who they belong to. Abdulmutallab might of done it because he was a Muslim boy stressed out, also because he claims that he's not sure if he wants to be a devoted Muslim, or a member of society. Hasan killed 12 soldiers, some media accounts think Hasan has had past contacts with Al-Awlaki. They cannot tell if his attack was in response to al- Wahayshi's message, which was to make attacks in Muslim world. Hasan had brought attention to himself and he made statements to people he worked with. The people he worked with reported him and the government was monitoring him.
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