We sent troops to Afghanistan to bring down Osama bin Laden and the other al-Qaeda members, as well as helping the nation build a democratic leadership. With years of air strikes, bombs, and gunfire, we are starting to see al-Qaeda retreat, however their presence is still known. Our President Barack Obama has given us a round about time our troops will return home to American
although he is the center of evil for many nation bin laden was a football fan and supported arsenal. After finishing school, Bin laden came to hold assets and money to the value between $25-30$30, he used this to fight his campaign in afghanistan Bin laden was originally supported by the united states during the soviet invasion of afghanistan, during operation cyclone. Later in his life his beliefs about islam became even more radical, and became anti semitic and was anti
Bin Laden found this group in the late 1980s to defend and fight the Soviets who invaded Afghanistan. After the Soviets pulled out of their country, bin Laden decided that his group should not dissolve and should become the headquarter for future jihad. Following the four unfortunate events, the country was immediately put on full nuclear alert by the government. After a couple hours of investigation, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld made a statement that Osama bin Laden is the number one suspect of these attacks. Nine days after the attack on September 20, 2001, President George W. Bush released an ultimatum statement to the Taliban government of Afghanistan to turn Bin Laden over but the Talibans resisted and asked for evidence.
(3) most importantly, a timetable that ensured full Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan by February 15, 1989. 4. The Mujahedin a) a plural form of mujahid which literally means “struggler", someone who engages in jihad, or "struggle“. b) significantly financed, armed, and trained by the United States (the Carter and Reagan administrations), China, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia. c) many modern terrorists are former members/supporters, including Osama bin
In what ways did spies during the cold war try to gain information? What did they do with this information and was it beneficial to our country? Tension after World War 2 between the Western world and the Communist world. The largest tension was between the US and the Soviet Union. After the debatable “success” of the atomic bomb there was talk of using it again Every country now wanted to know who had one, where it was kept, and when/if they would be using it Causes Differences between the US and the Soviet Union were intensified by suspicions after the war.
In response to the bombing of Japan, the Soviet Union and Communist China developed their own nuclear weapons. This marked the beginning of the Cold War, the conflict between the Soviet Union and the United Sates was due to the fact that both countries wanted to become the sole superpower of the world, and they also disagreed on what the world should look like postwar. The Cold War lasted for several years and had many period of heightened tension such as the Korean War, Vietnam War, and the Cuban Missile Crisis. World War II impacted America in many ways the GI Bill helped stimulate the economy which led to development and expansion into the west. Due to the financial securities family sizes increased and gave us the baby boom era.
CIA Director Leon Panetta acknowledged as much’ (If torture led us, para. 6). Our interrogation techniques were instrumental in the capture of Bin Laden and giving our whole Nation what they wanted. Before the attacks of 9/11 we already had forces in the Middle East to create an insurgency against the Taliban and al-Qaeda; Perhaps if we used “harsh interrogation” techniques prior to 9/11, the attacks could have been diverted and the war might have never even took off. The thousands of lives lost from all countries involved as a result from the attacks and the war would still be here today.
One interesting fact to remember is that we put Saddam Hussein into power back in the 1070's when he opposed the soviets. So we gave him millions of dollars, weapons, and tactics to defeat the soviets. Hussein however used this power, weapons, and money to make himself a dictator figure over his people in Iraq and a long period of oppression ensued. All of the problems we have spent $4 trillions dollars on were caused by none other than ourselves back in the cold war. The Bush administration underestimated how long the Iraq War would take, and the administration expected only a two year operation and a price tag of a little over $100
The Teheran Conference (in Iran) took place in 1943 and the agreement made by the United States and the Great Britain was that the Soviet Union would be granted more territory, such as eastern Poland, Bessarabia, and Bukovina. The United States also provided weapons, food, and other supplies to help support the Soviet Union’s fight against Germany. There was also talk of strategies for how to defeat the Nazi’s (Germany). Stalin wanted to launch a full-scale attack against Germany, but this attack didn’t take place until two years later. This was the start of Stalin not trusting the United States and Great Britain.
To what extent was the Cold War caused by Truman’s policies? The Cold War was a state of political and ideological conflict, military tension and economic rivalry after the Second World War. This ‘war’ was fought between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the United States of America (USA). After the Second World War had ended Europe was devastated and in ruins. The industry and agriculture sectors were severely damaged, governments were in disarray, there were supply shortages and a split had emerged between the Great Powers.