TOW #9 - Text

On November 13, 2015, several terrorist attacks took place in the city of Paris, France. Currently, over a hundred lives have been claimed dead, and the number is still rising. The Washington Post reviewed the aftermath in their article with witnesses and experts. The authors, Emily Badger and Mark Berman, wrote this article to report to the world the devastating events that took place this past Friday and to get support for the families of those who were attacked by including logical statistics. The main purpose of the article was to analyze the reasons behind the places that the terrorists chose to attack. The Washington Post found that the sites were chosen because, "as the ISIS statement suggested, [they] were more abhorrent to the attackers for their culture than their politics. These are places where beer is served, where men and women dance together, where religions and culture mix" (Badger & Berman). They took into account the places in which the attacks occurred: the concert hall, the cafes, the stadium. Those places are all areas in which western culture clashes with Arabic culture. The terrorists intentionally chose those places because of this fact, and also for their intention to terrorize basic, everyday life. I support the families of the victims of the attacks on Paris, and have no doubt that these terrorists will be brought to justice.