Terrorism?

The reason our government focuses on terrorism rather than social, or humanitarian issues is simple: terror has be turned into a tool that the government can use whenever it is convenient. To most American's terrorism is synonymous with 9-11, Iraq, or car bombs. Why is that what we view terrorism as? It's because our government has spoon fed us the ideology and we have accepted it. I would call police brutality terrorism because I personally don't like the idea of individuals that are supposed to be there to protect the citizens of this nation, and uphold the law abusing people. A huge social problem in America is the crime rates, and a large amount of that is attributed it minority groups. From when these minority individuals are young there are given little to nothing, have little encouragement from friends, family, or school. This is one of the worst situations to be in psychologically. There aren't many options for these individuals, they are surrounded by bad role models and aren't encouraged to be any better. So lets bring it back to terrorism versus social, and humanitarian issues. Terrorism is a tool that can be used to scare citizens into agreeing with the government. Social and humanitarian activism requires a large amount of work from the government, and there would be a sharp increase in political activism if the issues spoke to the people as a whole. Terrorism is the easy way out.

The picture that grabs me is the one of the boy in a destroyed Haitian building. My mother is from Jamaica, and I have plenty of relatives in the Caribbean; so this made me realize that a disaster similar to the one in Haiti could happen in Jamaica. My mother volunteered, and went to Haiti to help the thousands of children, and women displaced by the catastrophic earthquake. There were heart-wrenching pictures, and stories that followed her return. America made a huge deal about raising money and sending relief to Haiti, but at the end of the day nothing has been put in place for these people to get back on their feet. The American people helped raise 1.4 billion alone, and foreign nations "pledged" to give 10 billion to the Haitian people. The 1.4 billion has been partially used, but on tents (that are no place for a family, and often break), food (not enough for the amount of people), and other basic necessities. There is only one reason I can think of that is keeping the money from being spent, and that reason is simple; the money isn't there. I wouldn't put it past the multi-tiered corrupt government (that is severely in debt) we currently have that puts their own pockets before the mouths, and lives of others. If you have a better explanation as to why 50-100 million dollars (a fraction of the money raised) can't be used to help these people get back on their feet I would love to hear it.