9/11 Foreign Policy

Foreign Policy After 9/11 After the attack on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon September 11, 2001, the United States was completely changed forever. Everyone's lives changed drastically that day. There was a new threat to America and no way to fight this new enemy head on. For many people, the word terrorist was heard before, but Americans never would have expected that this would ever happen to us. We were caught off guard and severely damaged. After the attack, our foreign policy was changed to help us fight the war on terror. The Bush administration began creating laws and regulations to prevent this tragic event from happening again. Thus, the Bush doctrine was made. The Bush Doctrine was the approach of being preventive instead of …show more content…
This requires the dedication of more than 240,000 employees in jobs that range from aviation and border security to emergency response, from cybersecurity analyst to chemical facility inspector. Our duties are wide-ranging, but our goal is clear - keeping America safe.” (Homeland Security). However, DHS has had some major debates and disapproved actions by the American people due the the belief of a violation of civil liberties. This caused a lot of controversy amongst the American people. Civil liberties are defined as: “rights or freedoms given to the people by the First Amendment to the Constitution, by common law, or legislation, allowing the individual to be free to speak, think, assemble, organize, worship, or petition without government (or even private) interference or restraints. These liberties are protective in nature,while civil rights form a broader concept and include positive elements such as the right to use facilities, the right to an equal education, or the right to participate in government” (Civil Liberties). Even in the airports, the security went up exponentially. Before 9/11, people use to be able to just walk straight to their departure gates without any second thought. Now depending on what state you are in, the security that everyone has to go through can take you hours to catch your flight. Now there are new security screens that can see through your clothing. A lot of people opposed to using this new technology because of the feeling of being naked in front strangers and a violation of their freedoms. Then after the shoe bomber incident, everyone is now required to remove their shoes during the security protocols. When DHS came into full effect, many people was aware of the sacrifice of certain freedoms that was at stake. There are sources that say that DHS and the FBI is spying on innocent people when the