Yet, according to a Scripps-Howard poll 36% of those asked believe that the American government performed the 9/11 attacks themselves. What is it about conspiracy theories that captivates us so much? “Academics who study [conspiracy theories] argue that they meet a basic need: to have the magnitude of the cause behind it.,” explains Grossman “A
U.S. officials criticized the broadcasts and asked American networks not to air them unedited. Yet the tapes continue to air in many Arab and Muslim countries, where experts say bin Laden has been particularly effective at playing upon anger over Palestinian grievances in their battle with Israel, a major U.S. ally, for land and statehood. At the same time, the U.S. message--that the war against terrorism is a justified response to the September 11 attacks, and isn't targeting Muslims or Arabs--is getting buried beneath videos showing civilian casualties from the bombing campaign in Afghanistan, and the back-and-forth attacks by Israeli troops and Palestinian gunmen. When National Security Adviser Condeleeza Rice spoke on Al Jazeera, the report was followed by pictures of Israeli tanks rumbling through a Palestinian village. But the U.S. is trying to improve its record in the information war.
This book is also an eye opener for anyone that did not live through or old enough to remember the attacks discussed. I remember the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, the bombing of the USS Cole, and the African embassy bombings but not the details. I think that is why I did further research to remember the attacks. Hopefully anyone that reads this will also do the extra research for more first accounts of the attacks to even better understand what was going on in the United States at the time before 9/11, to see how life has changed since and how far we have come with the “war on terrorism.” Terrorism is unfortunately a constant issue but with the law enforcement agencies hopefully working together they can prevent another attack from happening
Watergate Scandal- * What was the effect on the Watergate Scandal? Effects of Watergate: The Good and the Bad- http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/08/08/effects-of-watergate-the-good-and-the-bad * Why was the Watergate Scandal so important? Watergate Scandal- http://www.history.com/topics/watergate Vietnam War- * Why did the U.S. fight in the Vietnam War? Vietnam War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War * How did the Vietnam War affect the United States? Vietnam: Effects on America- http://www.glynn.k12.ga.us/BHS/academics/junior/durham/daniels11885/home.html Part 3- Why was the Watergate scandal so important?
There has been much debate in the past about the effectiveness of President George W. Bush’s presidency in regards to his involvement in the Iraq war. The negativity surrounding his presidency began during his January 29, 2002 State of the Union address, President Bush steered public focus on Iraq, which he labeled as part of the "axis of evil" aligned with terrorists and posing "a grave and growing danger" to U.S. interests through its possession of "weapons of mass destruction". In the latter half of 2002, the Central Intelligence Agency reports requested by the Administration contained reports that Saddam Hussein was intent on reconstituting Iraq’s nuclear weapons programs, had not properly accounted for Iraqi biological
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Explain why the issue you have studied continues to be important today. The issues we have studied and that I am going to explore; are the impact that American Foreign Policy has had on Islamic fundamentalism and why fundamentalists have resorted to terrorism. American Foreign Policy on terrorism enabled America to interact with foreign Nations and set regulations. Recent acts of terrorism, 9/11, the slaughtering of Fusiliers Lee Rigby’s, and the shopping mall massacre in Kenya, prime examples of terrorism around the world, the people that committed these attacks are Muslim Islamic Fundamentalists; who abide by the laws of the Qur’an based on Sharia Law. Saudi Arabia discovered oil in 1932 which brought wealth and foreigners into Saudi,
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“The Detention Scandal” is an editorial taken from the America magazine. In this article, the authors show how national security is used as an excuse to keep the prisoners on the Guantanamo Bay. The authors try to prove how the fear of terrorism has blinded the U.S. government that it has made them deny the basic human rights. Everyone sees the wrong doings in Guantanamo Bay and knows it needs to be shut down but the fear of government to lose their “suspected” enemy combatants make it impossible. The authors use the different components of persuasion throughout the article.
Former CIA Director James Woolsey, without mentioning Afghanistan, pointed his finger at “state sponsorship,” implying the complicity of one or more foreign governments. In the words of former National Security Adviser, Lawrence Eagleburger, “I think we will show when we get attacked like this, we are terrible in our strength and in our retribution.” That same evening at 9:30 pm, a “War Cabinet” was formed integrated by a select number of top intelligence and military advisors. And at 11:00 pm, at the end of that historic meeting at the White House, the “War on Terrorism” was officially launched. The tragic events of 9/11 provided the required justification to wage war on Afghanistan on “humanitarian grounds”, with the full support of World public opinion and the endorsement of the “international community”. Several prominent “progressive” intellectuals made a case for “retaliation against terrorism”, on moral and ethical grounds.