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Real World Scenario
Imagine the war on terrorism is now over (the U.S. won). There will now be a great meeting of nations to try to develop policies and set up nations in a manner that will prevent terrorism from ever threatening world peace again.

You are an ambassador of the United States to the great meeting of world leaders. Decide on the terms of the peace agreement by responding to the questions below. What will you do?

1. What countries should be invited to participate in this great meeting? Choose one.
1. Open only to countries that have had terrorist attacks on their soil
2. Open to all countries
3. Open only to allies of the United States
2. What should be done with the countries that harbored or encouraged terrorism?
1. Occupy the lands of terrorist nations, hunt out all terrorist groups and bring them to justice
2. Cut off all trade (no imports or exports) with terrorist nations until it is proven that they no longer support terrorism
3. Demand that terrorist nations pay heavy reparations for damages caused from terrorism
4. Allow terrorist nations to govern themselves (bring terrorist groups to justice) and slowly allow them to play in the world economy
3. What should happen to the terrorists?
1. Trial by an American court
2. Trial by a world court
3. Trial by home country (where terrorist is from)
4. Forgiveness

There is no right or wrong answer to these questions. They are purely your opinion. But take a second and think about your underlying attitudes when you read through the questions.

• Were you more forgiving and accepting toward the terrorist nations?
• Or was your attitude more suspicious making you less likely to partner with terrorist nations?

This is the very same kind of dilemma that the victorious nations (United States, Great Britain & France) faced when they decided how to treat Germany and Austria-Hungary following the war. This resource will take a look at how the peace treaty (Treaty of Versailles) dealt with the defeated nations and ultimately, changed the course of Europe forever.