Give us what we want, and no one, well maybe no one, will get hurt

Prompt: Hijack!

Honestly, this question is probably one of the hardest so far to answer. Since September 11, 2001, The United States' foreign policies, especially towards those nationswho had an connection at all terrorist group responsible for the massacre, has tightened and become much more strict. In the case that another plane was hijacked and the terrorists had some form of ransom that they would accept for the release of the hostages, I think there would be several things to consider. I would first consider what the loss would be if the demands were not met. I know this would be a very hard thing to decide, because every human life is worth the same. I then would have to think about what the costs would be if we were to let the criminals go free. Would more people die as a result? Would the terrorists on the plane truly let the hostages go, alive?

These questions would be very difficut to answer, and I think in the end the answer would come out the same. I would love to give in to the terrorists demands, and say that we, as a nation, will turn the criminals over to the terrorists, and that everything would be great from there. However, what is the actual probability of these terrorists, men who care nothing of their own life, or other people's lifes, and who would die for such a cause, would let these people go alive. What happens if I let the criminals go, the terrorists still blow up the plane, and now, there are more terrorists in the world to be worried about, and those people still died. I know that if it were my family member or my friend on the plane, I would want someone to turn over the criminals and pray that they made it off the plane alive. But, looking at it from a third party standpoint, I feel that more lifes would be saved if the criminals were kept in jail, and an alternate way of catching the terrorists was found. I would not release the criminals from jail, and would have to deal with any fallback that came afterwards.

I know that many believe that the terrorism situation the United States is currently in is completely what ever president's fault. However, I feel that if we, as citizens, would like to place the blame on someone, we must also include our selves, because at one point we were all glad that the president at the time was taking action over those "foreigners." Yes, we all feel bad now, and yes, we know that they are simply not "foreigners," but people who need a country to provide protection and safety.