This paper puts forward the premise that terrorism is not an exclusive act, isolated to those of the September 11 bombers,
but rather an act employed by many
different people, for many different reasons, throughout the centuries. It looks at how the terrorist attacks against Americans and Israelis, in particular, are done to change the
policies of those nations, just as those nations use violence to change the policies of others. It shows how the aggression by the Islamic groups involving attacks on innocent civilians is directly correlated to their abilities to coerce.