The distinction is more than merely rhetorical. For all our necessary emphasis on what we're fighting -- Islamic terrorists bent on the destruction of the West and the establishment of a new caliphate -- we cannot forget what we're fighting for. In March of 2003, the president and a bipartisan congress insisted we needed to invade Iraq in order to thwart Saddam's plans to develop WMD and outsource it to Jihadi surrogates. The nuclear WMD risk was, and remains, a perilous impending threat, though significantly reduced with the removal of Saddam's regime. But seasoned intelligence and national security analysts would argue that our ultimate objective -- to establish an Islamic democracy in the cradle of the Islamic world in order to protect our vital national interests -- is as critical, if not more so today, as it was in 2003.
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.
Many believe that the Iraq war was a fatal mistake and it actually heightened terrorist activities. So, Post 9/11, US had become a war mongering country in the name of fighting
The threat of terrorist attacks changed American culture immensely; the devastation wakened the need for protection and a sense of security. Dramatic measures were taken in order to protect this country, so foreign relations were severely affected. Post 9/11 government saw the “link between immigration and security”, and that by changing foreign policy it would “reduce the likelihood of future attacks” (Krikorian 567).The safety measure in airports were countless from metal detectors to full body scans. “The immigration system has being penetrated by the enemy”, the officials realized which led to unfair accusation of innocents (Krikorian 568). “Overzealous officials” grill suspicious foreigners “to the point of near panic” (Khan 559).
The question to examine here is are they really terrorists? Or are they simply the most powerful partisanship in the world today? “...The West presents a threat to Islam; ... loyalty to religion and loyalty to democratic institutions and values are incompatible; and that violence is the only proper response” (mi5.gov.uk). This is the belief system that is instilled in members of Al Qaeda which has stemmed from the global message by such figures as Osama Bin Laden. Amongst the teachings of Osama Bin Laden, former Al Qaeda leader, towards his followers is that the removal of Western influence in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other Palestinian Territories is crucial for the survival of Islamic faith, and that the destruction of these “infidels” is the only means of maintaining the strength and existence of Islam.
Even until the September 11 arises, America is inclined to be nostalgic, and turn its cannon with fury to Third World, especially Islamic world, instead of sensitive introspection of its own deeds. A window of mutual communication is shut down. American flags “invaded New York after attacks”. In Changez’s eyes, a “cosmopolitan” state has turned to an arbitrary and narrow-minded foreign world. The flame of hatred is lit up, America has not only lost thousands of lives, but also the chance to talk and
During the Kosovo war, first against the Serbian military national news agencies and television broadcasting system was devastatingly bombed, resulting in interruption of the other radio and television, the Serbian side can not get through the mass media to mobilize and strengthen the people, the military, and plug through the mass media to tell the truth to the people of the world can force has also been greatly weakened. At the same time, the US led NATO full use of the dominant variety of modern means of communication, even to false information and killed at his new position contrary to other countries and influences international public opinion and maximizes the international isolation of Serbia purposes. The first Chechen war, Russian military defeat for many reasons, but no attention to the control of mass media, the results of Russian public opinion was slander, that the people of the Russian military cast doubt on the legality and legitimacy, the most falling apart, Russian authorities to solve the Chechen problem loss of confidence, this is the last sign of humiliation caused by the city under the Russian Union is a very important reason. In the second Chechen war, The Russian authorities note that the communication strategies role. First, by official media coverage of atrocities separatists, which public support and
That is what a lot of people asked themselves and still ask themselves until this day. To put it briefly, Fussel’s argument states that war was savage for invasion forces and killing civilians of Japan was the only way to avoid a Japanese invasion. In complete disregard to civilian lives, he believes the atomic bomb may have killed many but that it saved many more. Walzer believes that dropping the atomic bomb was inhumane and that war is all about the choices that you make. Walzer makes many valid points that forced me to change
Final Paper: Operation Iraqi Freedom Juan Lizama Com/172 June 19, 2012 Nancy Long Operation Iraqi Freedom In September 11, 2001 the United States (US) was attacked by terrorist, and changed America forever. It also altered and heightened the security of the country. After the Taliban were defeated out of Afghanistan, president Bush, and his administration sought to other problems around the world. President Bush saw Iraq as the next fight in terrorism. The administration had to somehow convinced the United Nations (UN) that Iraq is not respecting and upholding the laws that they were supposed to be abiding by.
The Iraq War was based upon the allegations of Suddam Hussein possessing weapons of mass destruction. Supporting allegations of the country harboring and supporting terrorist organizations as well as liberation, democracy, and the ousting of a tyrant that would go as far as gassing his own people to prove a point, prompted a U.S. led invasion into Iraq in March 2003. In the United States, Congress is the only authority to declare war in which the U.S. military may be involved. The invasion was validated arguably by Congress giving justification for authorization for military interaction in Iraq by stating several supporting factors which include; the country's noncompliance with the 1991 Cease Fire Agreement, continuing to possess chemical and biological weapons, paid bounties to the families of suicide