Which of the following scenarios best illustrates the idea of blowback?

A. A country signs a treaty to obtain oil from its neighbor, resulting in both countries earning huge amounts of money.
B. A country assassinates a foreign leader, causing the leader's supporters to detonate bombs in the country's embassies.
C. A country demands that its citizens follow a particular religion, leading many citizens to practice a religion they did not choose.
D. A country invades one of its neighbors with a massive military force, allowing it to capture and occupy key cities.

Question

Which of the following scenarios best illustrates the idea of blowback?

 		A.	A country signs a treaty to obtain oil from its neighbor, resulting in both countries earning huge amounts of money.
 		B.	A country assassinates a foreign leader, causing the leader's supporters to detonate bombs in the country's embassies.
 		C.	A country demands that its citizens follow a particular religion, leading many citizens to practice a religion they did not choose.
 		D.	A country invades one of its neighbors with a massive military force, allowing it to capture and occupy key cities.

anonymous · Answer

Blowback


Terrorism as a Response to Western Intervention

The term blowback means "an unforeseen or unwanted result from an action." It is used by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to describe the unintended consequences of the American government's activities around the world, whether that's staging coups, backing dictators, or arming rebel groups such as the Mujahideen. Sometimes the consequences can be small and insignificant, but other times the consequences can be serious and violent. The violent blowback most familiar to people today is terrorism.

anonymous · Answer

I think it's b but I'm not sure