Today, a driver rented a truck and drove down a bike path in New York City. The attack killed a total of eight people and injured another 11, and officials have confirmed it was an act of terrorism. After driving down the bike path the terrorist crashed into the side of a school bus. He then emerged with two guns (one pellet, one paint ball. neither deadly.) and shouted "Allahu Akbar" which translates to "God is great". The attacker was subdued by police and woke up in a hospital this morning.
This is important to US history because attacks like this are only contributing to the destructive backlash Americans seem to be so prone to these days. You can practically predict whats going to happen next; people panic, and want to eradicate all Muslims, then there will be some outrageous new rule passed that is discriminatory, then the distrust between the groups will lead to fighting and war. If there is one thing people can learn from history its that people react in ugly ways when they deem a group of people a threat. This is the time to band together and reach out and stop things like this from happening. Stop terrorists, not Muslims.
I don't understand the reasoning behind this, obviously there isn't any reasoning. I agree with you, we need to put a stop to terrorism.
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