AIDS Epidemic Analysis

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Explain ways in which the AIDS epidemic shook American’s general confidence beginning in the 1980s. In the United States AIDS was detected in 1981. Politicians were slow to respond to the AIDS widespread because they felt that the people that were affected by AIDS were mainly homosexual men and they felt they could ignore this group of people. President Reagan was unwilling to bring AIDS into the spotlight and even ordered his Surgeon General not to discuss the crisis. Reagan felt that it was a homosexual disease however; it did not take very long for the disease to spread beyond the gay community and affect the lives of many Americans (Shultz, 2012). The first official documentation of the diseases was published by the Center…show more content…
These terrorists, known as the Taliban, were operating out of a base in Afghanistan and it was believed that the local government knew and approved of this activity. President Bush called for a war on terror and was determined to root out all forms of terrorism around the globe that had a perceived threat to our nation (Shultz, 2012). The U.S. invaded Iraq in order to prevent Al-Qaeda from securing a safe haven. Oil was another issue that could not be ignored. The oil in the Middle East fuels a large portion of the world’s economy and when there is a threat of militant Islamic Fascism anywhere in that region it becomes an issue of national security. It has been proven over the last several years that any disruption to the supply of oil threatens our economy (Kesar, 2009). September 12, 2001 NATO declared the attack as an attack on all the member nations. This was the first time that NATO had ever invoked the mutual defense section of its charter. Also on September 12, the U.N. Security Council asked all nations to redouble their efforts to stop terrorism. In the end nearly 30 nations pledged military support to our country while many others offered cooperation in other ways. The international response was that the fight against terrorism was not just the United States fight; it was the world’s fight (Reaction…show more content…
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