The quote “After all that has just passed, all the lives taken, and all the possibilities and hopes that died with them, it is natural to wonder if America’s future is one of fear.” was the beginning of Bush’s speech to all the people of America. No one at the time knew what our future was going to hold, or what dangers we had to face ahead at any point in time. It was just a waiting game, and even the President had no idea what was to come. Bush held a very calm tone with his speech, but he projected the opposed ideas to the situation to prove the determination, not just as the President, but as an American citizen. Britain’s Prime Mister, Tony Blair, spoke his speech to the Labour Party about the families and loved ones of the 9/11 victims at the church service for the British victims held in New York.
On March 23, 2003, the United States of America officially declared war on Iraq. This would mark the start of the Iraq War, a war that up until now is still going on strong. During these five years, the United States government and President Bush have repeatedly said they would try to return the United States troops home safely and quickly. Through the still ongoing violence and fighting occuring overseas in Iraq, the United States have recently agreed upon an 'American Surge" towards the Iraq War. With increased American soldiers, along with an array of more deadly weapons, the United States government and President Bush have said that these measures were taken to speed up the Iraq War, for reasons of ending the war in a more swift and faster
What truth lies behind the motive of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan? The 10th anniversary of the United States’ invasion of Afghanistan has been met with little attention in main-stream media. Regardless, many questions have been raised of the purpose fuelling the U.S. intervention. On the 11th of September 2001 United States’ government has paid a heavy price for training the Taliban in the early 80’s. But where there’s a price, there’s a prize.
Last year's most lethal incidents were carried out by the Taliban in both Afghanistan and Pakistan, Nigeria's Boko Haram, al Qaeda in Iraq, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, and ISIL, according to the report. Snowden's impact Tina Kaidanow, the State Department's top counterterrorism official, said the revelations by Edward Snowden of classified National Security Agency surveillance programs has degraded America's ability to monitor and prevent
Tianli Wang Mr. Johnson Contemporary Issue 3/31/2013 10th anniversary of America’s invasion of Iraq 10 years ago, Tuesday, March 19, 2003, Washington led coalition attacked Iraq with "shock and awe", launching a war that lit up Baghdad with torrential explosions and toppled dictator Saddam Hussein, and that marked the beginning of the Iraq War. December 15, 2011, the war in Iraq ended officially Thursday with a flag-lowering ceremony, and it makes the Iraq War third longest war (after the War in Afghanistan and the Vietnam War) ever in American history. (Nowicki) 10 years later, during the 10th anniversary of America’s invasion of Iraq, it is the time for people to consider the cost and gain in the Iraq war. Although some people thought
War in Afghanistan vs. Iraq War For the last eight years, the media has bombarded us with news and insight into the Iraq War and War in Afghanistan. The population responded with 70 percent disapproval rating for both the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan (Jones). Yet, there still is confusion between the two wars. In 2006, a study done by National Geographic found that only 31 percent of Americans could find Iraq on a map despite being at war for three years and worse, nine out of ten Americans could not find Afghanistan on a map (Roach). Even President Obama mixed up Afghanistan and Iraq in an interview and stated three times that the US would withdraw all troops out of Afghanistan by the end of 2011.
In this sense, Al Qaeda has had some success in affecting political change. Additionally, it could be argued that Al Qaeda lured the USA into an unwinnable war in Afghanistan costing it much blood and treasure in over a decade of fighting. On the other hand however, al Qaeda is in many ways a diminished force and is losing influence. Its direct involvement in recent terrorist attacks appears to be minimal, it is still yet to form a pan-Islamic caliphate and Israel remains strong. Al Qaeda’s retreat from Yemen in 2011 indicates that it has lost support at the grass roots level, and in Mali the BBC has suggested the militants are in ‘disarray’ after French military intervention.
An example of conflict on an international level is the current war in Afghanistan which is predominantly a result of conflicting ideologies and during the time that the Taliban controlled Afghanistan, they allowed an organisation called al-Qaeda to have training camps there. In September 2001, nearly 3,000 people were killed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The United States believed that Osama Bin Laden - who was the head of al-Qaeda - was the man behind these attacks. There was a lot of international pressure on the Afghan leaders to hand over Osama Bin Laden. When the Taliban didn't do this, the United States decided they would use their armed forces.
Speilberg replied, “World War Two is the most important event of the last 100 years. We either won it and maintained our freedom or we lost it and lost everything. My father fought in Burma and was always saying, "Nobody ever makes a movie about my war except as an excuse to do action and adventure." Questioned again by Total Film “Is that why you made the violence so graphic? To force viewers to really feel it?” Spielberg stated “It's graphic because it's what really happened.
Because of this war we declared on Afghanistan our economy as a whole has taken a blow. Three years ago it was reported that the war had cost over 2 trillion dollars and now it has been reported that it may cost twice the amount it did then now. Today, America is focused on unemployment and the deficit. Both threats to America’s future can be traced to the wars in Afghanistan. In my eyes, we are fighting a pointless war, but then again in my eyes all wars are pointless.