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).
9/11 Speech After the terrible incident happened on September 11, 2001, the president of the United States, George W. Bush addressed his nation about this attack. The main purpose for this event was to clear up any uncertainty, comfort his fellow citizens and more importantly to unite his country after it was broken down. In order to achieve all of his goals, Bush made an adequate speech to deliver his messages. In order to persuade his audiences, he needed to use various techniques to capture his audiences. The techniques he used were based on the Greek Philosopher Aristotle’s categories of persuasion, which were Ethos, Pathos and Logos.
Running head: THE RUN-UP TO THE WAR IN IRAQ Angela Johnson Professor Skolnik English 128.05 12 May 2009 Assignment # 12 Abstract The war in Iraq is believed to have started because of the attacks on the World Trade Centers on September 11, 2001. After the attacks on the Pentagon and both the World Trade Centers, George Bush devised a story to tell the Americans so they would be on his side and so they wouldn’t refute his plan. Bush came on television and told Americans, “You’re either with us or against us in this fight against terror.” This was one of the tactics Bush used to reel in Americans to fight in this war against Iraq with him. Bush wanted to
the guy with the newspaper is shocked to see the news about his children in TV and he appeals to ethos by drawing viewer’s attention towards NSA’s work. His targeted audience are the US citizens, people like us. Varvel uses Aristotle’s all three appeals, images and texts to show the citizens how NSA working against global terrorism and for protection of people has now become a threat to us and our privacy. “I think it’s important to understand that you can’t have 100 percent security and then have 100 percent privacy and zero inconvenience. We are going to have make some choices as a society.” (Barack Obama) President Obama’s words are agreeable but we can’t ignore the fact that people’s privacy is not optional.
It summarrized three rules for the 80’s to protect our country by protecting ourselves. It advised to “keep a low profile”, “be unpredictable”, and “remain vigilant”. The purpose of this workbook was to educate and inform our families and our children. It talks of terrorism not being new, but showed statistics showing a shift of the old terrorism ways, and of targeting diplomats and business executives as commonplace through the 1970’s to the then considered to be “new” shifts to large-scale attacks. It gave example of the Marine Corps barracks bombing in Beirut as becoming “the favored tactic”.
Obama said Pakistan had provided some information leading to the raid. Critics have long accused elements of Pakistan's security establishment of protecting bin Laden, though Islamabad has always denied this. Ties between the U.S. and Pakistan have reached a low point in recent months over the future of Afghanistan, and any hint of possible Pakistani collusion with bin Laden could have major reverberations. Pakistan's foreign ministry said the death of bin Laden shows the resolve of that country and the world to battle terrorism — a resolve that has been frequently questioned by U.S. officials over the past decade. Pakistan's first official statement about the operation acknowledged that the raid was a U.S. operation but did not elaborate.
This military campaign happened because the military needed more knowledge on what the operation was involving and they needed to train for this big operation. The main reason for this operation is because we as Americans did not want another 9/11 to happen so we wanted to rebel and capture Saddam Hussein who was the main brain behind all of the terrorists plots. 6. How: How did the United States justify its involvement in Iraq? How does the U.S. justify our current status with Iraq (why are we still there?)
However against all odds, the Bush administration continued with their plans and started a war. A war that according to them was to protect our nation against terrorist, a war to prevent attacks just like September of 9-11 from happening again. A war to ensure that we are protected against any world treats to our
CIA Director Leon Panetta acknowledged as much’ (If torture led us, para. 6). Our interrogation techniques were instrumental in the capture of Bin Laden and giving our whole Nation what they wanted. Before the attacks of 9/11 we already had forces in the Middle East to create an insurgency against the Taliban and al-Qaeda; Perhaps if we used “harsh interrogation” techniques prior to 9/11, the attacks could have been diverted and the war might have never even took off. The thousands of lives lost from all countries involved as a result from the attacks and the war would still be here today.
President Nixon's Watergate scandal only seemed to fortify this distrust. Congress, in an effort to prevent another conflict like Vietnam in the future, passed the War Powers Act. This stated that Congress had to be informed that troops would be into possible combat situations, and had to take action of those troops within 60 days (Schulzinger, 1999). It would seem as though the Vietnam War and all of the battles our nation had to endure at this fragile moment in history would help define our nation. The United States was torn in many factions at that time period, Civil Rights Movement being a major one.