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.
The movie Argo was made in 2012. Directed by Ben Affleck, and produced by Warner Bros Production. The movie starred Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin, and John Goodman. This hit movie won an academy award for best picture, in its great portrayal of a true story during the Iran hostage crisis during Carter’s presidency. It begins with the U.S. embassy in Iran, where many Iranians are trying to break in and kill or capture U.S. employees.
After reading the packet and watching the movie, I have realized that Argo sticks pretty close to what really happened. In the year 1980 an agent of the CIA with the name Tony Mendez snuck into Iran to bring back six American diplomats who were hiding with a Canadian household. Luckily, the Canadian government granted the six Americans passports. If they hadn’t escaped, they would’ve been stuck for 444 days. One of the big differences between what happened in the movie and in real life is that in the movie there were 7 American that escaped.
He had blamed Iraq to be holding terrorists, he had made America believe that Iraq had been under Saddam Hussein’s clutches and that whatever he had to say was law. President Bush had stated in his speech that, “Saddam Hussein is harboring terrorists and the instruments of terror, the instruments of terror of mass death and destruction, and he cannot be trusted. The risk is simply too great that he will use them or provide them to a terror network”. He had made Americans believe that Hussein was creating weapons and developing a nuclear weapon so that he could “blackmail” the world. President Bush had not trusted Saddam Hussein and he didn’t want rest of America to either.
The 1950s (Social, cultural changes, international relations, US, USSR) Cold War • Started in 1948, to the 80s • After WW2, Soviets broke an agreement with the allies (tried to cut trade) • United States & democratic allies (Western Europe) • Soviet Union & communist allies (Eastern Europe) • Built up armed forces and spent large amounts of money on military equip. and nuclear weapons • Both sides engaged in espionage to uncover the enemy’s military secrets and gov’t plans • Determined to prove superiority • IRON CURTAIN→boundary between East/West Europe, name thought of by Winston Churchill NATO (North American Treaty Organization) • A defense pact intended to protect the members against further soviet aggression. All members
While the United States was nervous of Communism consuming the entire globe. President Eisenhower believed in the “domino effect”, meaning that if you fight and succeed in stopping communism in one country others are sure to rise, stand and follow suit. China became a communist country in 1949, therefore, the United States forked out 2 billion dollars to support anti-communism. The Truman Doctrine was written and put in to effect stating that the United States would do any and everything in its power to put an end to communism spreading to any further country. Following a victory over a battle with the French, North Vietnam in 1954, set ways into communism and in turn proceeded to try and reign over the now divided Southern Vietnam.
The purpose of the Commission was to deliver an in-depth report on the hijackings and terrorist attack (Scheppler 4). Similar to past reports on the 9/11 terrorist attacks, it reported that the hijackings succeeded because of a lack of coordination, collaboration, and imagination on the part of multiple federal agencies and officials (Jasper
Cuba defeated the US in 3 days, they knew that the US was going to invade them and they got ready for it. The American troops were either killed or imprisoned by Castro's forces. It was the first mistake that Kennedy made. The US feared the danger of communism. Cuba was only ninety miles away from the US and they feared that communism would spread.
This confirmed the full extent of Eisenhower’s gauntlet of power. The Eisenhower Doctrine stated that the United States would become the protector of western interest in the Middle East, after the Suez Crisis. This document stated, in addition, that the United States would use any means against any state controlled by International Communism. Eisenhower then initiated Operation Blue Bat, which was the deployment of fifteen thousand American troops to Lebanon in order to set up a Democratic Government. This was ultimately a success however, a complete disregard of the Nuremburg Laws, that is if they were applied to US presidents due to the overthrowing of a non-hostile government for self-indulged reasoning (Hatch).
The Taliban countered demanding proof linking them to the attacks. On October 7, 2001, the United States began an aerial bombing campaign against the Taliban, with the goal of defeating al-Qaeda. The U.S. government claimed the invasion was to find bin Laden as well as other high-ranking members of al-Qaeda. They vowed to remove the Taliban from power. As well as creating a democratic state for the