Too Much Freedom essays

Too Much Freedom essays America was founded on freedom and freedom is what makes our country unique from any other place in the world. Sometimes, however, that freedom is taken to extremes and it can become a danger to the people. The events that took place Tuesday, September 11 were a perfect example of this. First of all everyone knows that pentagon is where all the important decisions involving the United States Army are made making it an easy target for potential enemies. Secondly we are to relaxed about who comes into our country and why they are here, which gives potential enemies easy access. Finally we give our media too much freedom, to the point where it could have obstructed the investigation of suspects. What the Pentagon is and where it is located is pretty much common knowledge for people in this country and for many around the world. The fact that our Army is pretty much run out of the pentagon and that there a many high ranking officials working there on a daily basis makes it a perfect target for an attack. It seems to me that if this building is so important and what goes on in it is so vital to our country and our army, that maybe we wouldn't want the whole world to know exactly where it is. I would move it to a top-secret location where only the people who need to know where it is have access to the information. Another problem with the freedom in our country that was brought to light by last Tuesdays attacks was how easy it is for some people to get into this country. It is terribly ironic and insulting that many of the terrorists involved in the attacks were trained in our very own flight schools. Also one of the terrorists was had already been connected to an attack on Israel, yet was still able to get into the country and board one of our planes. Hopefully this tragedy will make us realize that the time and effort it would take to make sure that these people don't get into our country would be worth it. We need to make higher st ...