9/11 2001 Pros And Cons

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September 11, 2001 is a day everyone will remember as a tragic day. Terrorists hijacked two jetliners and crashed them into both World Trade Center Towers. People were shocked that such an event happened, while others were worried about family and friends, and others were just wondering what happened. The government issued orders and when those orders weren’t met the U.S. and other allied forces performed airstrikes on the Al-Qaeda forces. The bombing of Taliban civilians was extremely criticized.
President Bush gave two demands to Taliban leaders, which were to close terrorist training camps and to return all foreign nationals, including American citizens unjustly contained. When those demands weren’t met the U.S. and other allied forces started bombing Al-Qaeda network bases.
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government has taken in effect of 9/11 has been criticized very much, two of those criticisms are how while we are defeating Al-Qaeda forces we are also bombing innocent civilians, and how the “War of terror” is making the U.S. citizens disagree and makes them feel like they aren’t united any more. Cindy Sheehan is criticizing the government’s choice on bombing the Taliban because her son was killed in the war and she feels that we are bombing innocent victims of the war and they don’t deserve to die. Some U.S. citizens feel separated because some people agree with the bombing the Taliban, while some people disagree with the bombing and believe that the U.S. ignore the terrorists and focus on rebuilding the World Trade

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