What is security? The actual definition of security is freedom from danger, risk, etc.; safety, but what does it mean for a nation to possess security? Having the strongest or one of the strongest militaries in the world is definitely a key component to having a secure country before 9/11. Now to have a secure country means not only having one of the best militaries and intelligence agencies like it did last century, but also having a strong economy and base of citizens that support it. This was proven how by the rise of America and the fall of the Soviet Union going into the 1990’s. America had a stronger economy and a population that supported its government, neither of which the Soviet Union had which is why they crumbled.
Today I would like to think that we are completely secure, but I know we aren’t, even though we have the strongest military and economy. The difference is that the people aren’t completely behind this war. The terrorists have done their job well, as every night on CNN and ABC nightly news there are new reports of terrorists attacks all over the world. We are at war with terrorism and sometimes it’s hard to tell who’s winning.
Fighting terrorists is different than fighting a country because they don’t have a home base or a diplomatic status. Now the focus is fighting and containing the spread of terrorism instead of communism, terrorism is harder to fight because no one knows where it’s going to come from compared to the Soviet Union and communism which you knew was coming from the kremlin. Times are changing and to stay or become secure we must adapt to those changes. So are we secure? In my opinion we aren’t, because we are not free from danger, but if we keep up the offensive I think we will get there.
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