Surrender to Terrorists?

Prompt: Hijack!

Many people do not like making decisions, edpecially when they know they are not the only ones affected by their decision. I could not imagine being the president and having to make a decision that would effect everyone not only in our country, but also the lives of people in foreign countries as well. The topic of terrorism has caused our President to make many decisions that effect our country.

Choosing to release criminals back into our society or choosing to let terrorsits attack our country would be a very difficult decision. Although it would be a hard decision to make, I would choose not to release the convicted criminals. Our country has views on foreign policy that state: we will not make any concessions to terrorsists and strike no deals, we will bring terrorsits to justice, isolate and pressure any state that supports terrorism and we will support countries that work with the United States against terrorism. Choosing to release the convicted criminals would not follow our foreign policy on counter-terrorism. By choosing to release the criminals we would be giving into what the terrorists' want, and they will feel as if they have defeated our country. Surrendering to terrorism would only lead to terrorism increasing and we would no longer be a free nation. In releasing the criminals, there would be an endless amount of crime and death and we should not release people who have been convicted of a crime because it would show that our government can not be take seriously.

There are numerous moral principles to contemplate when deciding to release the convicts at the demand of the terrorist or deciding not to surrender to what they want us to do. Should we give up these lifes to the terrorists? Should we back down from a group of cowards who would love nothing more than to see our countries stability shatter? Do we want to back down from a group that would love nothing more than to see our country cower and wants us to live our daily lifes in fear? These questions would weigh heavily on our President as he would make this decision, and are important questions to ponder when you are making such a life changing decision.

Our countries biggest task on terrorism is trying to prevent terrorist attacks from happening again. Our President has made many efforts to stop terrorism and to make our country safe so that we can live independently and not have to worry about terrorists.

Deciding to not release the criminals would be a very hard decision. Although ithis would be a hard decision it must be made to show terrorists that we will not back down and we will not surrender to their acts of terrorism. As citizens in this country we value our freedom, we get to value this freedom because we live in a coutnry that stands proudly for what is right for our people.