Bin Laden has become the spectre haunting the West, the architect not just of 9/11 but of a worldwide assault on Western values and way of life. It is a myth that has helped fuel wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, destabilize Pakistan, reinforce autocracies in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Yemen and elsewhere, and erode rights and liberties, from the imposition of draconian domestic anti-terror laws to the obscenity of extraordinary rendition to the international affront that is Guantanamo Bay. Bin Laden’s legacy has not simply been the murderous ideology he has promoted or the wanton slaughter he has unleashed. It has also been the undermining in the West of those very values that the ‘war on terror’ supposedly seeks to defend. The real challenge to bin Laden and al-Qaeda, and its medieval, terror-laden theology, has come not from the West’s war on terror but from the Arab Spring, from the revolts that have shaken the region from Tunisia to Egypt to Yemen to Syria.
Undoubtedly, George W. Bush, like his father, viewed the war in very personal terms. The man he intended to dispose of (Hussein) had threatened to assassinate his father, deceived the United States, and, as Bush viewed, served as the primary impediment to peace and democracy in the Middle East whilst employing an evil totalitarian regime notorious for widespread human rights violations. Bush eventually began probing for intelligence analyses that would justify his case for war against Iraq. This “cherry-picking” for information is
This came into play in 1898 during the Spanish-American War, when Hearst was quoted telling a photographer who was complaining that there was no war in Cuba, “You furnish the pictures and I’ll furnish the war.” By saying this, Hearst was hinting that he would sensationalize the explosion into war if pictures were leaked. By proof of evidence to support his accusations that the Spanish did explode the USS Maine, he controlled the people’s opinion by convincing them how awful the Spanish were, further provoking a war, further gaining fame and fortune for having a voice that could control the fate of a nation. The explosion parallels to the destruction of the Twin Towers that happened in New York and also the destruction of the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. Both of the attacks shocked the nation, but also sparked tensions for waging a war. All over the news such as CNN the towers falling down was aired a prodigious amount repeatedly, and the media shed a light on the perpetrators of the attacks who were believed to be Osama Bin Laden and the Al-Qaeda.
My response to this prompt is written in the form of an expository essay, and directed towards people who is enthusiast of the movie and the book “The Reluctant Fundamentalist “. The prompt I have chosen is that ‘Changez’s failed relationship with Erica mirrors his relationship with America.’ My point of this prompt is to contented that his failed relationship with Erica alter his life and become unbearable to him, and chose to quit at Underwood Samson that lead to hatred to America. Erica’s influence on Changez and his feelings are arguably the most highlighted aspects of Changez’s development. This is instantly apparent when he meets Erica for the first time even then, he’s describing her as ‘stunningly regal’, and before he even begins to speak to her, Changez becomes jealous of locals acting pretentiously for her attention. Additionally, he’s so overcome with obsession and affection for Erica that the significance of her dead lover, Chris, towards her goes unnoticed.
President George W. Bush, It has come to my attention that the media has been cluttered with seemingly endless coverage of your administration’s idea to enter into a war with Iraq, from the images of Saddam Hussein as a tyrannical dictator to the stories of angered citizens burning American flags and protesting, happy with Hussein’s reign over the country. With this confusing mixture of propaganda, it is increasingly difficult to determine whether or not you and your administration’s idea to invade Iraq was just. Considering a variety of different analytical views and coverage of the time before the invasion, I can conclude that America was unjust in its decision to enter into the war in Iraq. By examining the reasons for going to war, I
In which was the world’s main concern in so many ways; that Moore turned his eye on George W. Bush and his misleading war on the terrorism agenda arguing. Bush failed businessman connections to the royal house of Saudi of Arabia and the Bin laden election on fraudulent circumstances was more important (Rather). Bush ignored warnings of the looming betrayal by his foreign partners when that treacherous plane hit the New York building on September 11, killing innocent people working. But yet, Bush continued to send troops over, trying to prove a point that the Americans were much stronger, but actually it made them weaken as a nation, and in the armed forces as Moore stated in the documentary that the government failed more in that day than ever before. Moore named the film “Fahrenheit” which is a title of a book named Fahrenheit 451 by an author (Ray Bradbury) in which it is a book about burning of books literally, and figuratively.
America was gripped by a growing and self-righteous rage… the mighty host I had expected of your country was duly raised and dispatched…” (p107) What examples does Changez provide? What did he try to convince himself of? America’s kind hospitality towards Changez and Pakistanis diminishes, evident when “Pakistani cabdrivers were being beaten to within an inch of their lives; the FBI was raiding mosques, shops , and even people’s houses; Muslim men were disappearing, perhaps into shadowy detention centers for questioning or worse.” Through these “rumours [he] overheard”, he tried to convince himself “that these stories were mostly untrue; the few with some basis in fact were almost certainly being exaggerated.” 4. “Time only moves in one direction… Things always change” (p109 ) What does this refer to? This is an implication of 9/11, suggesting that what’s done is done, people can only grieve for so long before they need to move on and eventually “things [will] change” and it will get
10, by James Madison, comes at a time when America is starting to become a country of its own. America has won the Revolution and Madison is trying to get Americans to approve the new constitution. Madison’s editorial is the most influential in my opinion because it points out the negatives of the old system and how the new system will improve on these negatives. Madison explains that “instability, injustice, and confusion introduced into the public councils, have, in truth, been the mortal diseases under which popular governments have everywhere perished.” (Madison 53-54) Madison realizes that there are different opinions concerning everything from government to religion. He explains that since there are so many different opinions, arguments will occur.
Climate of Denial Analysis Al Gore's article Climate of Denial provides the general public with a horrifying true story on how we as a collective people are working in unison to slowly destroy our planet. It is not one single person's fault, it takes the power of many to pollute this planet. Gore just touches on the base of some issues like, how the media is controlled by the rich who often times happen to be corrupt politicians trying to pass on misleading information for personal gain. He also includes the shocking effects of Global warming that have already occurred and President Obama's fleeting effort to put a stop to it all. There is no doubt that the effects of global warming are right in front of the faces of the public but most
Despite McKinley’s attempts at diplomacy, he was feeble opposition to the emotional magnitude of what was emerging in America. His declaration of war certainly marked subservience – not merely to the general public, the impatient Hawks or his business constituency: but to a collective American energy that would propel the country to the very forefront of global affairs (and corruption) in times to